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    gaven83
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      I’m a tenant in a small unit block with underground parking and I have an allocated double garage. The other day I returned home from the supermarket in the late afternoon and was unable to park my vehicle in my garage as it was being blocked by another resident cleaning their car on common property. I was in a hurry so parked my vehicle in a vistor parking space so I could get the shopping inside with the intention of returning to move my car once I was able to gain access to my garage. It slipped my mind and I didn’t return to move the vehicle until the next morning. Upon returning to my vehicle I found a hand written no parking sign had been placed over the visitor parking sign and a hand written letter on my windscreen. The letter told me that I had parked in a no parking area and that people parking there previously had caused problems with the automatic gate. It also said my number plate had been recorded and would be passed on to strata management.

       

      I’ve since received a letter from strata management informing me of my illegal use of visitor parking. Although I feel it is a little heavy handed I’m completely fine with their request that I refrain from using visitor parking in future as I’ve always parked in my garage and it was only due to unusual circumstances that I parked there but they are claiming that the automatic door was damaged due to the simple act of being parked in the vistor parking space and are seeking to pass on to me the costs associated with repairing the door. Just to clarify, no physical contact was made with the door or its opening mechanism by me or my car. The door also continued to operate normally for several days after my car had been removed from vistor parking.

       

      My personal view is that although technically speaking I wasn’t supposed to be parking there as I’m a resident if that parking spot was known to have caused problems with the automatic gate in the past then it should have been signposted as a no parking area. I also find the link between my parking there and the problems with the gate as quite tenuous seeing as no phycial contact was made with any part of the door and it worked fine for several days after I moved my car.

       

      I’m relatively new to all this strata business as this is my first apartment and I’ve had absolutely no issues up until now so any advice or opinions on this would be greatly appreciated.

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