Committees and tribunals…

At a recent mediation, one of the senior staff members told my applicant/friend that, on the Mediation office’s wall was a large sign stating ‘DO NOT BUY INTO STRATA’… right from the horse’s mouth.

If the NSW govt. wants 4 mill of us to live in strata/community type accommodation, it MUST lift its game… and restore to normal/ordinary humans their consumer rights, criminal/police protection rights, their Human Rights rights, their Aged Care/Disability rights, Health Care and safety rights, etc.  A gaolbird is safer in gaol with his shower set at 50*C than a strata owner where the committees refuse to install the common property hot water service according to the manufacturer’s instructions… i.e. with a tempering device… etc…. all forced to ensure 678C scalding, freezing or no water at all in showers…

ALL these and other protections are Gone… once one becomes a strata owner – especially a full-time owner-occupier. The bullies/psychopaths/crazies/fraudsters/ incompetents rule…  

How to get rid of a psychopath/mentally ill control freak who has bullied for 25+ years?

After struggling since 2009 with CTTT/NCAT, positive actual enforcement of strata and other law is nothing short of a miracle…

The theory is that an owner does not need legal representation.  What a joke!  Either a self-represented person is trashed/bamboozled or thrown out because of an error of law… often on the part of the tribunal… or the opposition… and one is faced with an appeal to a quagmire of higher authorities… with no enlightenment from NCAT…  Internal appeals do not seem to work…

Strata law is wonderful in theory… a disaster in practice… far too often.  Where is the ‘social harmony’… the aim of the legislation?  Where is the justice?  Massive legal costs which continue to be a nightmare issue…  My last application re legal costs was thrown out because the Adjudicator relied on the wrong section of the SSMA…  One could spend one’s life appealing against the tribunal.