Flat Chat Live roundup
The Flat Chat column’s recent seminar, Flat Chat Live, saw somewhere north of 120 people turn up in central Sydney to hear a cavalcade of experts discuss a huge variety of issues…
Re: Dodgy Certification by Developer/Building – Who to Sue
@Merton Kidd said: As the developer/builder have long gone taking their profits with them, is it possible to sue the independent certifier engaged by them, especially if their is evidence…
Re: Inhouse team to conduct Minor Works and Repairs ?
If you want to pay people, I guess make sure you get approval for the amounts beforehand, like you would with any other job. I guess in this case you…
Inhouse team to conduct Minor Works and Repairs ?
We have a low performing Strata Managing Company which causes enormous delay on even minor repair works needing. When tradesmen engaged they will provide 2 x quotes but we found…
Kids stuff: Fun and games on the Forum
The Flatchat faithful have been wrestling with a variety of topics on your behalf in the past week. As ever, there is a range of opinions; some rock solid, some wishful thinking…
Kids stuff: Fun and games on the Forum
The Flatchat faithful have been wrestling with a variety of topics on your behalf in the past week. As ever, there is a range of opinions; some rock solid, some wishful thinking…
Re: Do repairs require a NSW Fair Trading contract?
The NSW Home Building Act requires any residential building works over $20K to have a contract that meets the requirements of the legislation and that a certificate of insurance be…
Re: Children playing on driveways
I would think that the driver might be found liable and/or the parent of a too-young-to-be-unsupervised child. If the OC were found liable, rather than either the driver or parent,…
Re: unusable common property due to safety issues
I just Googled “strata committee liability” and up came this paper from our old friends at Bannerman’s strata lawyers. It’s called Executive Committee Members – How Broad is their Personal Liability? and…
Re: unusable common property due to safety issues
First, I’d like to re-state that the OC needs to fix the problem. Second, about the insurance: Realise that OC Liability Insurance is cover for something that the OC has…
Re: unusable common property due to safety issues
Forget any debate about insurance companies avoiding liability due to airy-fairy concepts of negligence. The situation is black and white and it is set out in sections 21 and 28…
Re: unusable common property due to safety issues
Once again we are back at this argument of the difference between legal liability and what is covered by insurance. I have put in a call to our insurance sponsors…