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Hello Friends. The saga started nearly two years ago so I need to act promptly. There is a crack in the slab in the CP over our unit. Rain water penetrates into the unit below (our unit). I have my own report from a private builder to prove that the false ceiling is moist (70%).
Builders hired by the OC identified the need to change the membrane and something else in the balcony above us. That unit is rented for over 1K a week.
The OC now want to reduce the cost of fixing and send a plumber to do a dye test (which is useless) as the builders’ report is very clear – water penetrates into the unit below and no dye test is needed.
Since the cost is 400-500K to repair the crack, the OC want to minimise the cost and fix only some of the membrane. If the plumber does the dye test, the coloured water would be flushed into our ceiling and would be dripping for days through a hole that had been cut by a plumber last year .
The overhead balcony is covered in mould. I want to apply to NCAT and make OC raise the money to fix the membrane in the balcony above us (only our unit seems be getting water penetration) and appoint a manager to handle the matter. What orders should I choose in the application to NCAT?
The strata is forcing us to do the dye test.
The application has 1)general orders 2) managing agents 3) penalty for breach of by low
Under which category will s106 fall? or the appointment of a compulsory manager s 237?
Could you please provide me with advice.
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Appointment of a compulsory strata manager probably won’t work and is possibly an overkill
The offer of the OC of a dye test by the plumber is a reasonable course of action. Remember that you hired the builder. The saying he who pays the piper calls the tune is applicable here. The OC just wants to get an independent verification of the cause.
I’d do it as it will prove (if your builder is correct) the cause of the leak.
Also if you go to NCAT(without the plumber report) , the OC is going to say but we are getting an independent test done so dont make an order yet
Once they get the plumbers report insist they make a plan to fix the problem and if none is produced in 2 months then go to NCAT and seek orders to repair the common property
$400-500k seems a lot of money to repair a membrane on a single balcony. I’d be assisting the OC by getting some other quotes (the new act says multiple quotes are required for work about $30k)
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