Moving (In or Out)

By-Law 21 Moving furniture

21.1 An owner or occupier of a lot must not transport any furniture or large object through or on common property within the building unless:

a. at least 72 hours written notice has first been given to the Strata Committee or a person nominated by the Strata committee so as to enable the Strata committee to arrange for its nominee to be present at the time when the owner or occupier does so, and

b. a bond in the sum of $1000.00, or such other amount as may be determined from time to time by the owner’s corporation, has been paid to the Owner’s Corporation by direct deposit to the Strata Trust account through Strata Manager.

21.2 The transportation of any large or heavy furniture or large or bulky object or domestic white goods through or on common property within the building must only occur between the hours of 7.30 am – 4.00 pm on Monday to Friday and between 9.00 am-4.00 pm on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays or during such other times as the Owners’ Corporation may resolve to permit, so as to enable the Strata Committee to arrange for its nominee to be present at the time when the owner or occupier does so.

21.3 Any large or heavy furniture or large or bulky object or domestic white goods must only be transported into the building and delivered to a lot or any part of the common property via the eastern concrete stairwell (which is to the left of the entry door when entering the building) and not via any lift. If the lift is to be used for the transporting of boxes or any other item, other than furniture or large objects, then the protective blue curtains must be hung in the lift. The lift curtains are to be found in the cupboard on the right-hand side of the main entry doorway, and must be replaced there as soon as the lift no longer required.

21.4 The Owners’ Corporation may use the bond paid by the owner or occupier, or any part of it, to pay the costs incurred by the Owners’ Corporation:

a. in having the nominee of the Strata Committee present at the time when the owner or occupier transports any heavy furniture or large or bulky object or any domestic white goods through or on common property within the building,

b. in repairing or making good any damage caused to the common property during the transportation, or

c. in cleaning the common property as a result of the transportation, and

d. arising out of any breach of this By-law by the owner or occupier; and the owners and occupiers’ consent to the owner’s corporation using the bond, or any part of it, for any of these
purposes.

21.5 The Owners’ Corporation must refund the bond, or the balance of it, to the owner or occupier who paid it as soon as:

a. it is satisfied that the common property through which the relevant furniture or large or bulky object or domestic white goods was transported has not been damaged or left unclean as a result of the transportation, or

b. any such damage or uncleanliness has been made good or cleaned.

21.6 The Owners’ Corporation may recover from an owner or occupier as a debt any costs the Owners’ Corporation incurs arising out of or as a result of any breach of this by-law by the owner or occupier including (without limitation) costs due to the owner or occupier’s failure to give at least 72 hours’ prior notice ofhis or her intention to transport any furniture or large or bulky object or any domestic white goods through or on common property within the building or use of the lift to transport any furniture or large object or failure to install the protective lift curtains in the lift when transporting boxes or any other items, other than heavy furniture or large or bulky objects or domestic white goods.

21.7 In the case of an owner, the Owners’ Corporation may record any costs which it is entitled to recover from the owner as a debt on levy notices sent to the owner, the levy register for the owner’s lot and in certificates issues in respect of that lot under section 184 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015.