Just interested in feedbacks how apartment owners deal with that – on one hand the new UTA tries to fix something but on the other hand BC committees fail to take care or manage buildings. Does somebody know a case of damage to the building or similar taken the BC to court?
Example; In a four years old apartment building the first signs of rust, water marks, etc became visible after two years. Lack of maintenance escalated by replacing the building manager after four years, but still the costs caused by negligence have to be passed on to apartment owners. These additional expenses for remedial work, accelerated insurance premiums (because of insurance claims) and mismanagement are the major increase for raising levies. If you find yourself in a similar situation – what is the good news?
I believe the illustrated situation can be the case anywhere because BC committees rely on BC secretary and building manager to 100% and don’t understand their duties to represent the apartment owner’s interest. The trend of high density housing like apartments and terraced housing and their ill-managed BC - is that the prolongation of the leaking house crisis or the beginning of a new one?
Example; In a four years old apartment building the first signs of rust, water marks, etc became visible after two years. Lack of maintenance escalated by replacing the building manager after four years, but still the costs caused by negligence have to be passed on to apartment owners. These additional expenses for remedial work, accelerated insurance premiums (because of insurance claims) and mismanagement are the major increase for raising levies. If you find yourself in a similar situation – what is the good news?
I believe the illustrated situation can be the case anywhere because BC committees rely on BC secretary and building manager to 100% and don’t understand their duties to represent the apartment owner’s interest. The trend of high density housing like apartments and terraced housing and their ill-managed BC - is that the prolongation of the leaking house crisis or the beginning of a new one?
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