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I have always wondered what is the difference. If an owner is appointed to maintain the garden and common property – is he a caretaker? If not then does an agreement need to be in place?
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I am not sure whether one can appoint an owner to do maintenance around a complex, or rather an owner volunteers to do such and everyone agrees to this arrangement. And this would no doubt only be general maintenance/repairs such as sweeping, weeding, bit of cleaning/clearing up.
struggler said:
I am not sure whether one can appoint an owner to do maintenance around a complex, or rather an owner volunteers to do such and everyone agrees to this arrangement. And this would no doubt only be general maintenance/repairs such as sweeping, weeding, bit of cleaning/clearing up.
I think that no matter how community minded or well meaning an owner volunteer is, and whatever they volunteer to do, it can lead to resentment as previous posts have expressed. Either they do not get any gratitude or people complain about the way they do it.
An owner who loves to garden may want to take on that role, but sure as anything, someone would complain about the colour of the bushes, or that they get hay fever and want the other owners to pay for their pills.
Better to pay a gardener/handy person with proper insurance cover who is hired on a regular basis.
Pay to have painting done professionally, and repairs by qualified trades.
If there is some general cleaning/cleaning up needed for a short term then I think any volunteer should have any expenses refunded.
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