Reply To: Boat ramp responsibility into water??
The best place to see what’s covered in your insurance is the Product Disclosure Statement. (PDS). It’s issued every time your policy is renewed or available from the insurer. You…
Boat ramp responsibility into water??
I’m drafting a Motion to repair our boatramp at the forthcoming AGM, a owner I consulted wondered if our insurance and responsibility for care actually covers users who venture down…
Reply To: $3.4k additional water usage due to broken valve
RainyDay wrote: Has any one experienced a similar problem? I’ve never come across rain water tanks in strata before so I’m guessing the numbers of similar experiences are limited. However,…
Reply To: Storage cabinets: Strata Committee conflict
Hi Jimmy The committee discussed legal advice after we had left the meeting, agreed that we alone would be responsible for costs and recorded that in their minutes. The building…
Leaking shower recess
I am hoping that strata will cover a leaking shower recess in my unit. Plumber inspected yesterday and will send his report to Strata. I am hoping this will form…
Reply To: Owner deceased, no fees paid for over two years
kaindub wrote: Jimmy you may be wrong. The penalty interest is 10% per annum, not per quarter and it’s simple interest, not compounded (that makes calculation easier). I probably am…
Building managers dodge contract limits bullet
Stories about incompetent or dishonest strata building managers are the stuff of apartment dinner party one-upmanship. Or should that be one-downmanship? To be fair, most strata and facilities managers are…
Reply To: Costly repairs – complicit strata manager
There are so many issues here, it’s hard to know where to start. First of all, you probably do have by-laws, registered years ago and you should be able to…
Managers targeted in Vic strata law upgrade
December may seem a long way off but for strata residents in Victoria, it will see a new dawn for their Owners Corporations as laws passed last month eventually come…
Podcast: Why we’re turning to ‘new terraces’
What do you do when you want the shared responsibility of strata but don’t particularly want to live with people above and below you? You buy or rent a townhouse,…
Reply To: Lack of maintenance affecting insurance
Flame Tree wrote: Today I was advised to send in Motions which I will for this and other things. You think I should call the insurer, also? Obviously, the NSW…
Podcast: Pets (again!) with James Valentine
Every so often – about once a month – I get invited on to James Valentine’s Afternoons on ABC 702. Last week the topic was pets in apartments – partly…