Re: Obtaining Council decisions on building works by other owners
In this instance it seems the path of least resistance and quickest efficacy was for individuals to go directly to the local council rather than address the matter through the…
Re: Obtaining Council decisions on building works by other owners
Thank you for the response. Our development consent requires us to have 10 car spaces, 5 garages and 5 visitors. As the unapproved garage conversions did not meet the DC,…
Vic government tweaks pro-Airbnb proposals
The Victorian government has stopped short of recommending that the state’s Owners Corporations be able to limit short-term holiday letting in apartment buildings. Instead it says the proposals for fines…
Victorian government tweaks pro-Airbnb proposals
The Victorian government has stopped short of recommending that the state’s Owners Corporations be able to limit short-term holiday letting in apartment buildings. Instead it says the proposals for fines…
Re: VCAT history and the Litigious neighbour
I can’t see how the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2014 (VIC) could help? That seems to me to be about litigants continually commencing legal action for vexatious reasons. The OP’s situation…
Re: VCAT history and the Litigious neighbour
Not exactly sure if this will work in VIC but every year our NSW based OC votes at the AGM to adopt a debt recovery process for levies in arrears.…
Re: VCAT history and the Litigious neighbour
Have you informed your insurer that the unit is vacant and the situation appears to be long-term? If the insurance premium would be higher, there may be a mechanism to…
Re: Privacy constraints and disqualifying potential evidence
Very interested in hearing more of your story – we too are concrete cancer sufferers – over 2 years of pain, loss of rent, dysfunctional SC, lack of communication etc…
Re: trees on common property
As a first step, have you spoken to your insurer? The damage may be covered by your Body Corporate insurance policy. Are you in NSW? The Fair Trading website indicates…
Re: Privacy constraints and disqualifying potential evidence
Unless there has been a court order that information revealed during a case is “sealed” then you can publish or show anything you like to anyone you want (only not…
Re: Victoria – Conflicted Committee Members Permitted to Vote?
Contrary to what you may have read, the law in NSW (and I suspect elsewhere too) doesn’t forbid anyone from voting because of a perceived conflict of interest, but rather…
Re: Old lift
If the OC is given advice that an item of common property is dangerous, and they actively refuse to rectify it, then the likelihood of insurance agreeing to pay would…