Forum: From the really unreal world of strata
Buying into strata for the first time is a daunting prospect – and that’s even for people who have some idea what to expect. As for newcomers, including those new…
Reply To: Is my aircon insured?
Hi Frazer, In Victoria, the boundary of a lot will be interior, median or exterior face. The boundaries between floors is most likely either interior or median and in either…
Reply To: What is a reasonable increase in levies?
Just a quick outcome followup I went to the AGM and after hearing the allocation of extra dollars I was satisfied with the increase. There was a discussion regarding the…
Forum: Can SM’s contract trump owners’ decision?
There an interesting little puzzle this week that exposes one of the growing number of sneaky tactics that some strata managers use to milk more money out of their clients.…
Reply To: SC member cannot get strata roll details
Here is what the State says: I notice the State are not explicit that an email must be given. I feel it is also implied your address doesn’t really cut…
Reply To: By law forcing owner to pay Insurance excess
Hi CupOfC: for your info, the strata roll is merely a list of names and addresses of each lot owner in the strata plan. It is not a record of…
Reply To: Can our Strata Management Contract trump our OC Resolution?
chesswood wrote: You’re probably bound by the contract. Yup, but procedurally the strata manager should have advised the chair not to allow the motion, so that reason was at least…
Reply To: By law forcing owner to pay Insurance excess
CupofC wrote: But because he’s refusing to give me the details about it all (he’s claiming that I can’t access any of that detail because it’s only the strata committee…
Reply To: By law forcing owner to pay Insurance excess
I’m not too sure why they weren’t putting it through insurance, it was via a discussion over the phone. He simply said that it was entirely coming out of the…
Forum: Rare posts that tell the whole story
I’s a relatively rare pleasure on the Flat Chat forum to get the full story on a dispute, from initial complaint though to resolution. Often, but not always, Flatchatters will…
Reply To: By law forcing owner to pay Insurance excess
Forget the forensic examination of strata records CupofC wrote: I’m looking at engaging a professional to do a forensic search of the strata records to see if there has been…
Reply To: By law forcing owner to pay Insurance excess
The strata manager informed me over the phone that they are not going through insurance… Why not? And no matter their answer, there is no reason why you can’t…