Repairing Damage Strata Buildings Remedial Building Service

There are an estimated 3 million people currently living within Strata title homes across Australia, in many different property types inclusive of Apartments, Townhouses, Retirement Villages, and Serviced Apartments. As anyone who owns or has ever owned one of these properties knows, while the individual owns (and is responsible) for their own ‘lot’, they also share the ownership of common property with their neighbours. Common property generally includes things like gardens, structural elements, safety railings, common plumbing or electricity, external walls, stairwells, roofs and driveways. As an owner of common property, you are thus jointly responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the building, including structural damage, leaking roofs or even wobbly balustrades. Given the burden of managing the building can be large, often the body corporate will look to appoint a third party strata manager, who works to represent the best interests of the owners. In this capacity the strata manager is required to support the needs of the owner’s association, to implement policies and keep financial and accounting records. Whilst this is fantastic at a Macro level, there is still a requirement for individual unit owners to take action to prevent or report any potential safety risks. In short, they’re responsible for ensuring the safety of building occupants, visitors and pedestrians in the near vicinity. reliability of the building’s structures.