Re: carpet maintenance
Jimmy mentions insurance in his insightful comments above. I have a question: I believe our EC has 'insured themselves' somehow if they are found to be 'personally liable' for such…
Re: carpet maintenance
Hyacith I'm guessing the caropet isn't the only thing that's been allowed to deteriorate and it sounds like you need World War 3. It also sounds like the Strata Manager…
Re: Damage to Air Conditioner by gardeners employed by strata
If you look at Whale's response, above, you'll see that the SM is labouring under a common misapprehension. Because the Air-Con was installed by a previous owner without permission doesn't…
Re: Damage to Air Conditioner by gardeners employed by strata
Best of luck with that. I think rather than asking them to forward it to the gardeners, I'd have been just asking them to pay it. If they want to…
Re: Damage to Air Conditioner by gardeners employed by strata
Thanks for your feedback everyone. We’ve had the air con fixed now, and I’ve forwarded the invoice onto the strata manager. In the interest of completeness, here’s the email I…
Re: Damage to Air Conditioner by gardeners employed by strata
Sorry all, but as a non-lawyer and mere Secretary of a self-managed Plan I have a different perspective on this. It seems to me that this is a great example…
Internal damage from common property. Who’s pays for paintwork?
After many months of requests (from mid 2010) it was finally deemed that there was a problem (approximately August 2010) with porous roof tiles and the roof points to my villa's roof. This roof…
Re: Damage to Air Conditioner by gardeners employed by strata
The Dawdells said: Ok, here's the response from our strata manager…any thoughts?: I understand your concerns however there is no obligation on the owners corporation to repair or replace items…
Re: Damage to Air Conditioner by gardeners employed by strata
Absolutely! The EC or agent should quickly pursue the gardener to claim on his insurance as the gardener should have insurance to cover the damage BUT if things get bogged…
Re: Commissions
It's common practice, for sure, but it's by no means universal or obligatory and it's certainly less prevalent than it once was. Taking commission form insurers has long been a…
Re: Damage to Air Conditioner by gardeners employed by strata
I'm with you on this. The gardener was acting on behalf of the Owners Corp so they should pay and it should come out of their insurance. Seems pretty clear…
Commissions
We are in the process of changing Strata Managers and one of the companies we've interviewed receives a 20% commission from the insurance companies insuring our building – over $30m.…