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Re: Common Property Misuse Hazard

  • 19/04/2012
  • Author mattb

Hello Dannii   If the walkway is only one metre wide and is common property, then the pot-plants unfortunately represent a tripping hazard: hence this has become a WHS issue…

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    Re: COMMON PROPERTY allows damage to UNIT

    • 19/04/2012
    • Author nell

    JimmyT while you recommend “The best answer may be just to get a decent home and contents insurance policy and let them deal with it ” , whenever I have…

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      Re: EC’s false sense of security

      • 18/04/2012
      • Author Billen Ben

      The OC could always pass a by-law to protect the EC. This is the worst by-law my SP has. CLAUSE 22    Indemnities THAT every member for the time being of…

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        Re: EC’s false sense of security

        • 17/04/2012
        • Author Sir Humphrey

        @JimmyT said: …To give a hypothetical example, a resident complains that a wall looks unsafe, the EC hire a builder to look at at and he says that not only…

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          Re: EC’s false sense of security

          • 17/04/2012
          • Author Jimmy-T

          @struggler said: At our AGM those on the EC asked if they were covered by insurance.  I feel they may believe that no matter what they do (or don’t) do,…

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            EC’s false sense of security

            • 17/04/2012
            • Author struggler

            At our AGM those on the EC asked if they were covered by insurance.  I feel they may believe that no matter what they do (or don’t) do, no matter…

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              Re: Falling tree branches over townhouse courtyards – who is responsible?

              • 15/04/2012
              • Author FlatChatFan

              @jeff.f said: Thanks so much for the comments.  To clarify, the trees with overhanging trees are neither planted on Common Property or within an individual Lot.  They’re on a neighbour’s…

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                Re: Park illegally … lose your home

                • 11/04/2012
                • Author mac_1

                I guess we could go on forever about parking in Visitor spots, but the fact remains that unless we have a serious deterrent, we will not succeed.  If you clamp…

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                  Re: Is our Strata Over insured?

                  • 11/04/2012
                  • Author struggler

                  Though not an expert by any means on insurance, I would think the big problem with over insuring would be the higher premiums you pay along the way. So in…

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                    Re: Is our Strata Over insured?

                    • 11/04/2012
                    • Author Cosmo

                    @struggler said: It reall would depend on what exactly your policy covers you for. For instance, does it cover landscaping? When it comes to building, the price of a new…

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                      Re: Is our Strata Over insured?

                      • 11/04/2012
                      • Author struggler

                      It reall would depend on what exactly your policy covers you for. For instance, does it cover landscaping? When it comes to building, the price of a new home rarely…

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                        Re: COMMON PROPERTY allows damage to UNIT

                        • 11/04/2012
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        OK, this is as much as I have been able to glean. As far as Fair Trading and Strata Community Australia (the strata managers) are concerned, the OC has to…

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