Strata Title FAQ - My building is full of defects. What should I do?

Date: March 03, 2011

Q. I live in a home unit building and it is full of defects, what should I do?

A. First, you need to inform the Owners Corporation including the secretary and chairman and/or the managing agents so that they can have the problem inspected. In many of these cases where the damage is common to a number of unit owners the owners corporation will need to instruct lawyers to protect the owners’ interests where reasonable attempts have not been made by the builder to rectify the problems or where attempts have been made which failed and the damage remains or worsens.