Ouch !
We have just bought into a small block in Perth, only to be told that the Strata Committee chairperson had recently been ousted and that the block needed major work. We offered to join the committee as it is in our best interests to bring the property up to scratch.
Unfortunately, the ousted committee member has 'chucked a hissy fit' in the words of another resident, and is intent on bringing ruin to the committee.
She has lodged a list of sixty (yes, 60) grievances and items that require immediate attention. Whilst I agree that most of these items should eventually be rectified (and indeed some have been budgeted for), she is involving any regulatory authority that she can bring to bear to pressure the committee into bankruptcy.
As a new member to the committee who has only been in place 4 weeks, I am feeling extremely pressured by the time taken to respond to a flurry of ridiculous and asinine requests for information, safety queries, finance queries, additional copies of minutes, maintenance issues, etc from this one resident.
Fortunately, I have reviewed the strata management minutes and finances and have discovered that this particular owner/resident has had a very long history of causing trouble. Additionally, she has not paid strata fees for more than a year. She has now been summonsed over this matter after refusing to meet the shortfall.
My question is, does she have any legal right to make any demands of the strata committee, given the arrears on the strata fees which are intended to fund the activities of this committee?
We have just bought into a small block in Perth, only to be told that the Strata Committee chairperson had recently been ousted and that the block needed major work. We offered to join the committee as it is in our best interests to bring the property up to scratch.
Unfortunately, the ousted committee member has 'chucked a hissy fit' in the words of another resident, and is intent on bringing ruin to the committee.
She has lodged a list of sixty (yes, 60) grievances and items that require immediate attention. Whilst I agree that most of these items should eventually be rectified (and indeed some have been budgeted for), she is involving any regulatory authority that she can bring to bear to pressure the committee into bankruptcy.
As a new member to the committee who has only been in place 4 weeks, I am feeling extremely pressured by the time taken to respond to a flurry of ridiculous and asinine requests for information, safety queries, finance queries, additional copies of minutes, maintenance issues, etc from this one resident.
Fortunately, I have reviewed the strata management minutes and finances and have discovered that this particular owner/resident has had a very long history of causing trouble. Additionally, she has not paid strata fees for more than a year. She has now been summonsed over this matter after refusing to meet the shortfall.
My question is, does she have any legal right to make any demands of the strata committee, given the arrears on the strata fees which are intended to fund the activities of this committee?
