Investigative Journalism and Learning Hub - Waratah Strata Management failed to ptovide evidence of payments for repairs of entrance gate boom panel on two occasions in 2018 and 2019

Hi,

Last year, Lot 158 asked about missing extra panel for the entrance gate that is kept as spare in the complex. It was missing for almost four months and then "magically" appeared several days after our inquiry.

No reply was received by the Secretary of the owners corporation.

a) Document searches on 31 May 2019 and 20 September 2019 did not find any evidence of who paid for the repairs for damaged panel on 13 September 2018 and 12 March 2019 and if insurance claims were made against it.

b) For the second incident, in March 2019, Waratah Strata Management alleged to have lost the invoice A4133 that AllGate sent on 29 April 2019.

Please provide the following evidence (invoices, bank statements, insurance claims if applicable):

1. Who paid for damaged panel on 13 September 2018?

2. Who paid for damaged panel on 12 March 2019?

3. Who and how lost the valid invoice sent to Waratah Strata Management directly?

4. Correction of statements in minutes of the EC meeting dated 20 June 2019.

Regards,

On 2/1/19 8:33 pm, SP52948 owner wrote:

Hi,

In accordance with SSMA 2015 Section 106 (Duty of owners corporation to maintain and repair property), and in compliance with Motion 19 at Annual General Meeting 2018 (strata affairs directly affecting Lot 158), it is requested to provide answers for what is believed to be common property, which partially is owned by Lot 158 too:

a) What happened with the bottom panel that was damaged on the gate at the car entrance to the complex on 13 September 2018?

b) Has the responsible party paid for repairs of the panel, as owners corporation and Lot 158 should not cover it from their funds?

Repairs to panels are quite expensive, as one of the invoices by Allgate Automation (NSW) Pty Ltd on 21 November 2014 shows: $2,970.00.

c) When will that panel, which was originally kept as spare part at the back of Block B, be returned to the complex (is it owned by SP52948)?

d) When will poorly maintained older version of bottom panel be properly repaired?

Regards,