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Wait until the kitchen is fully installed and satisfactory.
There are two transactions here:
You and strata plumber for isolation valve. They did faulty work by not installing the isolation valve to meet your supplied requirements.
You and kitchen company. For everything else.
I would politely contact the strata plumber and explain that they did not install the isolation valve as specified and you will not be paying for rework. Additionally, you did not request that they undertake any further works so they should take up that with the party that requested their services – inform them that the kitchen company included plumbing in their fixed price works. For clarity, you did not order them to do this work and will not be paying their invoice.
That’s how I would see it 🙂
Take your working card down to Mister Minit (or any key cutter) and see if they can clone it.
It may also defuse the situation if you join the strata committee. There may be a less confrontational way to influence the position of the owners corporation instead of it appearing to be owners corporation vs single owner.
We expect the body corporate to accept its liability and moral responsibility to reimburse us for all repairs and replacements. Time will tell, but what do other owners feel? No doubt several have suffered a similar event.
Assuming no act or omission by the the owners corporation.
If there is no valid claim against the strata insurance policy then you are asking for the strata to self insure for damage in these situations (and all owners to pay/cover this risk).
Hypothetically, would you have the same expectation if it was a three unit strata and you had to pay for 1/3 of your neighbours damaged carpet, rugs etc?
(I’d still try to claim under the strata policy as suggested)
Not sure about not having contents insurance – no liability coverage inside and outside of the lot!!?!!
I guess this one comes down to the liability of the owners corp. Have you looked at the relevant legislation to see where you would have a claim?
Just park in the visitor carpark yourself and move when the painters arrive or let the painters park in the driveway/in front of the visitor spot if it isn’t too much hassle. Tell occupants there will be delays to access during this time.
No point getting into a un-winnable battle with a non-permanent tenant.
I would consider a limited power of attorney specific to what was required.
If the OC have given you that instruction – you can turn it off and have it removed? Wouldn’t be that expensive either. You’re electrician might need to be cluey if there is no isolation switch.
If it is ambiguous now then it will be ambiguous later – more straightforward to put forward a by law.
I’ll take the media bait ….Â
2017 Commodore – 1900mmÂ
2019 Corolla – 1790mm
2019 Hilux – 1855mm
2019 Camry – 1840mm
so actually you have more room than historically to open your doors….. Most of these trucks are relatively narrow ….
Length can be an issue but width is normally the big factor in practical terms (per the article)…Â
Forgetting the MOU discussion. If it wasn’t obvious to the reader from the context – they can google.Â
My view is that you need an legal advisor for the transaction, this is normal practice in most commercial matters – this is not to say you want them to directly represent you nor negotiate but can provide assistance on such matters.Â
You are going to need legal support at some point anyway.Â
It would be good to get all of the top floor owners involved – but you could just do your unit and those interested.Â
It is a really simple task subject to access/clearance and I can’t see the owners corporation objecting if it is at your cost.Â
You could go to a different broker or directly insure with chu.Â
However, if you have an independent valuation then unless there is something defective with it then not insuring to the valuation would be foolish. You might want to check your office bearers cover as well. Under insuring has a some unexpected consequences.Â
Our insurance went up 50% this year without a significant increase in insured amount…Â
@strataforlife said:
Thanks!
I read the lexology summary and the OC did ‘lose’ however the Judge only ordered them to give reasonable access for reverse in / forward out parking manoeuvre. They did not have to provide forward in / reverse out parking.The applicant is trying to lump in 2 issues into 1. The by-law passed the 80’s is a rough sketch and the allotted spaces do not align with what area is actually paved. We obviously need to fix this, however will the judge see this as a big issue? Â
Why don’t you just do the paving?Â
@clockwise said:
 This year we need to put in $110k(we have 121 units) to bring the capital works fund balance to $238k according to the schedule. I proposed we only put in $10k this year.ÂÂ
That is less than a thousand dollars per lot – seems pretty normal (if not on the low side) given you must be a reasonably sized property with 121 units and three lifts!Â