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Re: EC / Strata hell – ongoing for nearly 12 months and don’t know what to do

  • 04/12/2014
  • Author daphne diaphanous

There are so many issues to be considered in your post raraku, it’s difficult to decide where to start from. The first thing I would do is check my SP’s…

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    EC / Strata hell – ongoing for nearly 12 months and don’t know what to do

    • 04/12/2014
    • Author raraku

    Hi all,   Apologies in advance for a gigantic post but I wanted to put all of the details in here. My partner and I have been facing an ongoing…

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      Re: Private car park accident – fault?

      • 27/11/2014
      • Author Jimmy-T

      The question of breaking the speed limit is a breach of by-laws (if they were imposed by by-laws to begin with). The question of fault and who pays – most…

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        Re: Strata manager’s trust account

        • 24/11/2014
        • Author daphne diaphanous

        Well Whale, we checked the ABNs out of curiosity, since our SM is also a builder/developer. It would be interesting to know how much of our maintenance is done by…

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          Re: Sounds of summer: ‘where’s my airbnb key?’

          • 21/11/2014
          • Author tharra

          So airbnb, where is the simple form that Owner’s Corporations can fill in which stops people registering airbnb lets in their building? Airbnb lets & their ilk violates the development…

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            Re: Sacking the caretaker!

            • 21/11/2014
            • Author Whale

            Matt – as I suggested, I don’t think that the person your Owners Corporation (O/C) “employs” is a caretaker, but if in whatever capacity, they are in fact employed as…

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              Re: When your new off the plan unit disappears

              • 20/11/2014
              • Author bcr83

              Sorry to hear and hope it works out for you…Just count yourself lucky it wasn’t worse with a loss of cash or potentially lumped with a building full of defects.…

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                Re: Sacking the caretaker!

                • 20/11/2014
                • Author Whale

                Matt – if you’re in NSW, a strict interpretation of Sect 40A of the Strata Schemes Management Act would suggest that your “caretaker” is actually someone who’s been engaged by your…

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                  Are your levies too high … or too low?

                  • 18/11/2014
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  Nobody likes paying strata levies or fees, as they are called in Victoria.  They feel like a tax on apartment living even though they are really just your share of…

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                    Are your levies too high … or too low?

                    • 18/11/2014
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                    Nobody likes paying strata levies or fees, as they are called in Victoria.  They feel like a tax on apartment living even though they are really just your share of…

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                      Re: My neighbour installed his bathroom plumbing pipes in my property

                      • 14/11/2014
                      • Author Strata Plan of 4 by the beach

                      I am becoming more annoyed by this issue, hence the long post below. Thanks for the reply. Someone has since told me a Special Privilege & Exclusive Use by-law may…

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                        Re: Do I need OC approval to install a toilet that affects NO common property?

                        • 12/11/2014
                        • Author sb

                        @Whale said: Can you explain how it is that both a water supply and sewerage line are in the air space of your garage, and how the sewerage line services…

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