There’s a really interesting post on the Forum about the first year in a new block’s life, but it has been sitting there for a week with a stack of questions unanswered.
Is it a case of TMI (too much information) or maybe it’s TMQ (too many questions).
In any case the original post is actually a success story about how a new building had defects and the newly elected committee got most of them fixed at the developer’s expense.
But that leaves the unanswered questions which are all different, so I have split them off into their own topics. Maybe that will get the answers flowing. Meanwhile you can read about the challenges and successes HERE.
Elsewhere on the Forum
- Does the developer of a new block have to provide the specifications of common property? That’s HERE.
- Are abseiling anchor points required to be installed under building codes? That’s HERE.
- How do we prepare the owners in a new block for an unavoidable levies increase of about 25 per cent, now that we know the provided budget wasn’t real. That’s HERE.
- Committee is proposing essential repairs but owners vote against. That’s HERE.
- Can owners attend committee meetings in Victoria? That’s HERE.
- How much will my pension be affected by renting out rooms? That’s HERE.
- What are the plusses and minuses of converting for Company Title to strata? That’s HERE.
How to ask and answer questions
Anyone can read our posts at any time, but you have to be registered to ask or answer questions. However, there are so many easy ways you can search, access, ask questions and reply to others’ queries once you have registered using the green “register and sign in …” box on this page.
The best way may be to click on “Forum: Your Qs & A’s” on the top menu bar or on the drop-down menu (three lines) on the screen on phones and tablets, under the Strata Choice ad. Then click on the topic title that interests you, and off you go.
Alternatively, you can click on the new “Latest Qs and As” Forum button on the top right of a computer screen or the link on the “hamburger” menu on a phone.
Or look at the list of “Your latest questions and answers” under the ads on the right of the page on a computer screen. Or at the bottom, after the ads and stories, on a tablet or phone.
finally, you can go “old school” and go to the Forum Home Page and work your way through the topics there.
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