Question: We’ve never received approval for an air conditioner. We’ve recently been told to move the exterior unit as it is not keeping with the appearance of the lot. We own a strata unit in NSW and back in 2017 we installed an air conditioner with the outside unit mounted high on the balcony and…
Question: How do we handle the other duplex lot owners who smoke outside their lot. Smoke drifts over the dividing fence and into my aging father’s lot. We are looking for information about how to handle the other lot owners who smoke in the back yard of their duplex. The smoke drifts over the dividing…
Question: We discovered a leak in the ceiling of our newly renovated bathroom. Strata will fix but will cover the repair hole with a vent. We’d like it returned to the condition it was in prior to the leak. I recently noticed a drip through a light fitting in my main bathroom. We completely renovated…
Question: I suspect my committee is meeting secretly and calling themselves a sub-committee, for the purpose of keeping proceedings of a significant matter away from residents. For a Community Scheme in NSW, does the legislation state that an agenda must be sent to all lot owners prior to a committee meeting being held, and that…
Question: Can you hang your bicycle from the ceiling of the balcony in a strata apartment? We have nowhere else to store the bike. Not without the permission of the Owners Corporation because hanging things on ceilings does not fall within the definition of “cosmetic work” which permits the hanging of items on walls (but…
Question: I have neighbours who wake me every morning between 6am and 7.30am either by doing a wash, using the bathroom or kitchen, or opening and closing a sliding door by my bedroom. Quite clearly I can’t stop them using the bathroom but it’s the noise the pipes make that wakes me. They bang every…
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