Legal links and strata guides – state by state
ONE OF THE BEST arguments I’ve come across for scrapping the states and having one centralised government is the vast array of different laws when it comes to strata issues…
Re: Alterations affecting common property by previous owner
Here’s that Special By-Law as Registered in 2010: “The following are the requirements of the Owners Corporation of Strata Plan ♦♦♦♦ further to the provisions of Chapter 3, Part 2, Clause…
Unapproved Changes to Common Property – Contractors’ Liability.
There have been too many posts to FlatChat describing situations where Lot Owners have renovated and otherwise “changed” their Lots without first seeking the written consent of the Owners Corporation, and a…
Re: Are commissions such a sin?
@eo@ocn said: Yes, strata manager commissions are a sin. OCN sees the detrimental outcomes for owners corporations, and opposes this practice on the basis below. But let me emphasise that it’s…
Re: Broken Kitchen Tiles
SlapShot – Forget about possible insurance coverage for the moment. If the floor tiles are the ones originally fitted by the Developer/Builder when the Lot was first sold, then repairs…
Broken Kitchen Tiles
Is this classed as an Owners responsibility or the Owners Corporation responsibility? The tiles in the kitchen have cracked, not by something being dropped on them but by what looks…
Re: Bill for a broken gate
Thanks everyone. I have sent a letter asking for further justification that this is indeed a valid invoice on an owner. I have refuted the interest charges and stated I…
Re: Are commissions such a sin?
@eo@ocn said: Without transparency, on any level, owners can be left feeling (and sometimes being) cheated. You won’t get any argument from me on that – and it is a…
Re: Are commissions such a sin?
Where there’s sin, the devil’s usually not too far away so feel free to play advocate Jimmy! Seriously though, this is a very good conversation for us all to be…
Re: Are commissions such a sin?
A few posts (including mine) have mentioned that Strata Managers should all be appointed as Agents or Distributors for Strata Insurers and be subject to the training and professional scrutiny that…
Re: Are commissions such a sin?
If I may play devil’s advocate here – and I don’t deny any of the problems listed by the OCN exist – it seems to me that the problem isn’t…
Re: Are commissions such a sin?
Yes, strata manager commissions are a sin. OCN sees the detrimental outcomes for owners corporations, and opposes this practice on the basis below. But let me emphasise that it’s everyone’s interest…