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As I understand it,
An “employee” would need Workers Comp Insurance provide by the SP, and would have PAYE tax deducted from from “wages”. Superannuation may also be payable by the SP. They are not covered under PL.
A “contractor”, inc sole traders, should have an ABN and PL insurance, and issue Tax Invoices to the SP for work charged.
I’d check the terms of your Public Liability cover. Many policies stipulate that any contractors must have their own PL coverage.
Our block had a similar problem a few years ago, but we decided it would be more effective to replace the carpets on the stairs and common landings with tiles, just keeping the original carpets for the corridors leading to individual units. It is a 3 level building with no lifts, so gets a fair bit of foot traffic.
I would suggest that replacing the entire carpet in the building would be a capital improvement/replacement, paid for from the Capital Works/Sinking fund, not a “repair”. Fitting of safety treads would be part of a decision on what type/colour of carpet, etc, to be used.
Wouldn’t this be taken into account when other financial adjustments are calculated at settlement?
Perhaps you could ask for reimbursement for any monetary outlays you have made to obtain materials for the work carried out?
This subject was discussed at length a couple of months ago.
A drip tray will help, but who is going to be responsible for removing and disposing of the oil in it?
If the car is parked in the lot parking space, it will still be leaking oil onto the floor, which technically is also common property?
I think the property DA would require a minimum number of visitor parking spaces, so renting them out might be a breech of the approval, without council consent.
There would probably already be a by law that prohibits resident parking in those spaces, so your suggestion could create a conflict.
Do you have somewhere you can safely store this material, and buy, say, 6 month’s requirement at a time?
Perhaps just remove the bins to somewhere on common property that does not interfere with other vehicles, and park your car at the back of your space?
Why is a top floor area, which would be the least used, in such poor condition (seemingly in contrast to the lower, more used, floors)?
Is this a maintenance issue which needs to be addressed?
The 1996 model by-laws had a clause
An owner or occupier of a lot must not transport any furniture or large object through or on common property within the building unless sufficient notice has first been given to the executive committee so as to enable the executive committee to arrange for its nominee to be present at the time when the owner or occupier does so.
Seems you just had to notify the committee, not actually get permission. This is not in the 2016 version.
Physically installing such a device “in a strata” should be no more difficult than in a private residence. There would be industry standards or best practices, depending the structure supporting the rails.
A lot would depend on the layout of the building and stairwells. In my block, a chair to the 2nd floor (which has Foyer, G, 1, 2) would require 3 separate installations as the stairs are not continuous.
Unless a building has been designed to accommodate lifts, it would be virtually impossible, or horrendously impossible, to retrofit them.
Another consideration if this is allowed, what happens if another owner decides they should also be entitled to have a similar personal facility?
Common areas can include car parking and storage cages. Easy pickings for a thief to come in at night with a set of bolt cutters. We had this problem a few years ago, which we put down to a departing tenant keeping a key; we changed the locks and the problem stopped.
I live in a medium size block, and mostly wouldn’t know if someone in the building was a resident or intruder.
Perhaps such an event would be covered by insurance?