Strife in strata is so often a case of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object that it’s hardly worth mentioning – but then someone comes up with a new twist.
In this case, you have a strata scheme with six units, each of which has the same number of unit entitlements. If this was a murder mystery, you’d be saying, “well there’s two red flags for a start.’
A small building means every conflict or disagreement is personal; equal unit entitlements means the potential for stalemate is immense.
And so it proved, in this block. The committee of three doesn’t particularly want any outside interference (as they might put it) or helpful and informed input (as the non-members might perceive it).
At their recent AGM, the outsiders proposed that the committee be expanded from three to six – in effect, all the owners would be on the committee. The group – let’s not call it a gang – of three incumbents did not fancy that so voted against.
It was three versus three, even after a poll vote counted UEs, and the strata manager rightly ruled that the motion had failed and the status quo prevailed. So what are the outsiders to do?
We have suggested a campaign of civil and perfectly legal disruption – or at least the threat of one – to see if that can break the deadlock, and you can read about it HERE.
Elsewhere in the forum
- Campaign launched to stop strata managers from falsely citing the Privacy Act to avoid giving owners access to the strata roll. That’s HERE.
- Who’s responsible when the OC orders carpet to be ripped up exposing old paint dust and potentially asbestos, and the new carpet is delayed for months? That’s HERE.
- The recent WHS fatal strata accident ruling revisited in great detail. That’s HERE.
- Possible, but not actual, late mail leads to dispute over validity of strata committee meeting. That’s HERE.
- Strata committee has gone seriously off the rails. That’s HERE.
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Strife in strata is so often a case of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object that it’s hardly worth mentioning – but then someone comes up
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