Re: My Strata law Review submission
@spats said: (i) In CERTAIN buildings a developer/builder rep DOES attend all ECMs and AGMs, whilst their building warranty insurance is active, BUT in order to ensure that no claims…
Re: My Strata law Review submission
Thank you Jimmy for this thoughtful response to Strata Law Review. I agree with most of what you have said but just a few clarifications needed: Re 8. on competing…
Re: EC overrides OC decision, what now?
Naughty naughty EC. The gall of some people is gobsmacking. A couple of things you might want to consider: – if you overturn the EC’s decision (which I believe would…
Re: Balcony enclosure
I agree entirely with what ScotlandX says below. My use of the word “illegal” in my previous posting was a bit off the mark. But it seems that that the…
Re: Consequential damage
It’s an interesting situation. But consider if the OC’s common property failure caused damage to an adjoining (private) property. The OC would be liable for that. And the OC’s insurance…
Re: Consequential damage
The Lot Owner is responsible, and if covered could lodge a Claim against their Contents Insurance Policy.
Re: Removing Paint from a ceiling
Deliria, you have been given some very good advice, especially from Jimmy, Whale and Struggler. Back to the beginning, if you have not ‘Settled’, the place is not yours, even…
High-rise defects: Who cares?
A decision handed down by the Supreme Court last week (Oct 10) that a builder had no ‘duty of care’ to an Owners Corporation throws yet another spanner in the…
Re: How is expenditure authorised?
Assuming the SM doesn’t have extra spending authority at every AGM you authorize a admin fund budget for the next year. Each line item is what you are authorizing the…
Re: Managing money
P of M – Good Move!! Your first post indicated that you moved to self-management “because of high unit management fees”, but I suspect that you also want some control…
Building Developer Will Not Correct Building Faults.
Dear Flat-Chat I bought a brand new apartment last December, and have incurred two major building faults, which the developer is aware of, but seemingly unwilling to do anything…
Re: The buck stops… where?
In reply to the topic of this thread “The buck stops … where” I couldn’t agree more with the sentiments expressed by Struggler in post 11. Surely the answer has…