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Its a large garage with only one car to accommodate leaving plenty of space to include a storage area – (it would be about a quarter of the whole area). Storage would be for old documents that’s required to be kept for a period, but definitely no dangerous goods. Just wasn’t sure if it is classified as cosmetic or minor renovations.

Thanks

Thanks for the reply Lady Penelope, 

Yes, the pantry is a modular unit only & the opening where the doors are going, will just need the framework for the doors to be fixed to.  

Hi, Final update, well it took a while but, the tree was finally removed by EC.

I raised different issues and information that I got here, kept going and it was removed & the OC paid.  I think I wore them out!

Thanks all – good stuff. 

Hi Jimmy,

OK, Excellent  information!

Yes, the Strata Manager said that the first step would be a quiet phone conversation with the landlord next week. I will also bring up the security camera idea was well.

I do know this tenant has to appear in court soon, so we will have more information then. So I think there is a lot more to unfold yet.

Thanks so much.

Hi I have been in contact with the majority of owners and they are all in agreement that this tenant must leave. The tenant, created a nuisance and is in breach of his tenancy agreement and our by-laws.

Now If the actual owner of the unit disagrees and says the tenant can stay, but all the other owners want them to leave, can we as a majority enforce this somehow?

thanks. 

Thanks for your quick replies. It got to a state where there were more shoes being left out than the number of units. It’s not everyone of course, just a few residents  with an awful lot of shoes. I don’t have any problems if the occasional pair is left neatly at the front door, but I do when one unit alone ends up with about 14 pairs. Shoes are being left there as a permanent storage place.  

Also if personal items are being left out continually on the common property, does this become the property of the OC. Can the OC remove them?

the other issue I am aware of is that where the shoes and personal things are being left is also one of the common property footpaths and the only undercover footpath for the residents to walk under if they choose to.  We do have one elderly resident who uses this footpath and i worried this could be a trip hazard for her. I consider that this could also fall under the WH&S side of things. There is another smaller footpath closer to our driveway but its in direct sunlight most of the day, so I notice the older resident likes to walk under the protected footpath.

When the particular owners of the tenants leaving the shoes out were asked if they would ask their tenants to remove their personal things off the CP, these owners have said they don’t have a problem if shoes are left out and we have to accept it’s ‘community living’. (These particular owners are the aggressive owners of the block).

I view it that if there is a common property footpath, everyone has a right to walk there in safety, even if it’s just one owner.

But we have just adopted our new set of by laws! Is it too late to request a clause be included in?  We do have by-laws 9 & 17 (as above) in our bylaws, so do you think these two By-Laws are applicable enough if the OC don’t want to change anything more in the adopted By-Laws?

I asked our strata manager if we could do up a small welcome kit to new residents, even just a small one page with general information of our block, but the SM wasn’t interested in this and dismissed it.  Is there a small ‘welcome pack/kit’ template anywhere that I could take along to our next meeting? 

In my case the biggest problem I have in my opinion with all my issues  is that our SM has an overly aggressive and controlling way of managing, this makes the nicer owners just ‘go along’ and the aggressive owners ‘fight harder’. 

Thanks.