I am looking at buying a unit which has a timber floor on bearers and joists which sit on stumps. Looking at the reports I notice that the Management Committee only have the common areas inspected and sprayed for pests and leave it to the individual owners to arrange their own inspections.
The units are built as duplexes, each building has 2 units, then a space then another 2 with more than 20 in the complex. Some of the units are on slabs and some on bearers and joists, I can understand that the ones on slabs can simply be sprayed around the outside but I ask this question.
As my understanding is that I own from the top of the floor to the underside of the ceiling wouldn't that mean that the subfloor is actually common property ?
If the owners of the 10 or so units with subfloors choose not to get them sprayed and termites get in, eat away the floor and the internal walls collapse wouldn't the body corporate be responsible for the repair as they have not maintained the common property of the sub floor correctly by having regular inspections.
Even if I were to get regular pest inspection done, that does not mean someone else doesn't have a problem and everyone be hit with a special levy to repair the unit.
Am I taking it too far ?
The units are built as duplexes, each building has 2 units, then a space then another 2 with more than 20 in the complex. Some of the units are on slabs and some on bearers and joists, I can understand that the ones on slabs can simply be sprayed around the outside but I ask this question.
As my understanding is that I own from the top of the floor to the underside of the ceiling wouldn't that mean that the subfloor is actually common property ?
If the owners of the 10 or so units with subfloors choose not to get them sprayed and termites get in, eat away the floor and the internal walls collapse wouldn't the body corporate be responsible for the repair as they have not maintained the common property of the sub floor correctly by having regular inspections.
Even if I were to get regular pest inspection done, that does not mean someone else doesn't have a problem and everyone be hit with a special levy to repair the unit.
Am I taking it too far ?