- This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 13 years, 7 months ago by .
-
Topic
-
I live in a strata scheme of about 60 dwellings for about 8 years. Early last year, the CTTT placed the scheme under “Compulsory Strata Management (CSM)” that gave the Strata Manager “absolute dictatorial power” to manage the scheme. Since then no owners were involved in any executive committee meetings, annual general meetings, or any meetings with the Owners' Corporation. No consultation or discussion has been held for decision on budget, expenditures, or other costs. These were decided under the absolute control of the strata manager without any recourse from any of the owners.
The levies were increased to almost 200% (Year 1) and 330% (Year 2) over the two years under CSM. Special levies were also struck. Most of the additional expenditures were incurred to pay lawyers' costs, expert reports, and the strata manager's administrations. In my view, these additional expenditures are not necessary or reasonable.
Can the owners require CTTT to reinstate the control to the owners?
-
Replies
-
The CTTT appoints strata managers when they feel there has been serious mismanagenment of a strata plan (and that means someone in your strata plan has complained and convinced them that this was the case).
The 'dictatorial powers' have been granted becasue your strata scheme has been deemed not to be able to properly manage itself.
What you now have to do is convince the CTTT that you have enough people who are diligent and reliable who can resume control of your building. To do that, you need to look at why a manager was appointed and show that this problem will not happen again
You can't 'require' the CTTT to do anything. All you can do is try to convince them that whatever problem there was no longer existsand is unlikely to return and ask to have control of your building again.
The opinions offered in these Forum posts and replies are not intended to be taken as legal advice. Readers with serious issues should consult experienced strata lawyers.
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.