Who is responsible for repairs to the automatic opening/closing arm of fire rated entry doors to apartments?
I am being told by the OC that it is the owner’s responsibility as it is within the ‘inside skin’ of the apartment. When it comes to external doors the strata laws are unequivocal and your Executive Committee is wrong. The Office of Fair Trading’s Strata Living document says external walls which “includes any door, window or other structure within the wall and their working parts” are included as part of common property. The strata laws also state that the Owners Corporation must look after and do all repairs including “replacing and renewing common property when needed”. 24. I have a partially deaf elderly neighbour whose bedroom is next to mine. Recently she’s developed insomnia and has taken to playing the radio and TV full blast at two or three in the morning. She’s a dear old thing and I’m reluctant to complain. On the other hand, I wouldn’t mind a few nights’ sleep. I could quote chapter and verse about laws, by-laws and mediation services but sometimes these things come down to
