Management Fees

flipper87 · 07-05-2012 9:25pm #1

I moved into my gated apartment estate two months ago. The gate is controlled by registering my phone number with the management company then ringing a number and the gate will open. This was fine until last week when i was informed that my landlord didn't pay the management fee, and now I can not open the gate. Saturday night someone tried to steal / damage my car within the complex . I am just wondering where, if anywhere, do i stand in getting the car fixed my either the landlord or management company

flipper87 · 07-05-2012 9:27pm

Anyone have a similar experience like this? I moved into my gated apartment estate two months ago. The gate is controlled by registering my phone number with the management company then ringing a number and the gate will open. This was fine until last week when i was informed that my landlord didn't pay the management fee, and now I can not open the gate. Saturday night someone tried to steal / damage my car within the complex . I am just wondering where, if anywhere, do i stand in getting the car fixed my either the landlord or management company

drunkmonkey · 07-05-2012 9:29pm

That would be your Insurance company covering your car Ted

flipper87 · 07-05-2012 9:31pm

Dougle, why should i go through my insurance if the management are supposed to securing this kip?

chris85 · 07-05-2012 9:35pm

flipper87 wrote: »

Dougle, why should i go through my insurance if the management are supposed to securing this kip?

Insurance company. Management company manage the complex and would not be liable for issue like this. Also nothing to do with the landlord.

flipper87 · 07-05-2012 9:36pm

well thats a kick in the bollox

dirtyden · 07-05-2012 9:36pm

flipper87 wrote: »

Dougle, why should i go through my insurance if the management are supposed to securing this kip?

They provide a gate but not security.

It will be your car insurance. I hope you reported the attempted break-in when it happened.

flipper87 · 07-05-2012 9:37pm

dirtyden wrote: »

They provide a gate but not security.

It will be your car insurance. I hope you reported the attempted break-in when it happened.

waitin for the pigaroos now. Only noticed tonight

dirtyden · 07-05-2012 9:42pm

flipper87 wrote: »

waitin for the pigaroos now. Only noticed tonight

Should be pretty straightforward then.

H2UMrsRobinson · 07-05-2012 9:45pm

chris85 wrote: »

Insurance company. Management company manage the complex and would not be liable for issue like this. Also nothing to do with the landlord.

If it's agreed the landlord should pay the management fee and he didn't pay it, therefore the tenant could not access the gate to the property - Then I would very much think it IS something to do with the landlord!

OP who is responsible for the management fee, what does your tenancy agreement say. I'm not saying you should claim from him but you should definitely make him aware of what happened.

WoollyRedHat · 07-05-2012 9:46pm

flipper87 wrote: »

Anyone have a similar experience like this? I moved into my gated apartment estate two months ago. The gate is controlled by registering my phone number with the management company then ringing a number and the gate will open. This was fine until last week when i was informed that my landlord didn't pay the management fee, and now I can not open the gate. Saturday night someone tried to steal / damage my car within the complex . I am just wondering where, if anywhere, do i stand in getting the car fixed my either the landlord or management company

Wait how does this work? Do you have to ring up your management company every time you want to nip out or something?

flipper87 · 07-05-2012 9:48pm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Wait how does this work? Do you have to ring up your management company every time you want to nip out or something?

Yep. pain in the arse. Especially when you order a curry. U have to ring to let him in then ring to let him out ha. That was better than what i have to do now, the long walk to the gate

flipper87 · 07-05-2012 9:50pm

H2UMrsRobinson wrote: »

If it's agreed the landlord should pay the management fee and he didn't pay it, therefore the tenant could not access the gate to the property - Then I would very much think it IS something to do with the landlord!

OP who is responsible for the management fee, what does your tenancy agreement say. I'm not saying you should claim from him but you should definitely make him aware of what happened.

He was supposed to have paid it already. he lied. Either way i'm not happy, paying the fee or not this should not have happened

markpb · 07-05-2012 9:51pm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Wait how does this work? Do you have to ring up your management company every time you want to nip out or something?

You register your phone number with a SIM located in a phone built into the gate. When you ring the gates phone number, if it recognises your number and opens the gate. If it doesn't recognise your number, it doesn't open. There should be no actual call and there's no person at the other end.

IM0 · 07-05-2012 9:54pm

sounds like its safer outside the gates OP

WoollyRedHat · 07-05-2012 9:56pm

markpb wrote: »

You register your phone number with a SIM located in a phone built into the gate. When you ring the gates phone number, if it recognises your number and opens the gate. If it doesn't recognise your number, it doesn't open. There should be no actual call and there's no person at the other end.

And then, your phone dies! You're ****ed! You'll be hopping over that gate, if you want to get out.

flipper87 wrote: »

Yep. pain in the arse. Especially when you order a curry. U have to ring to let him in then ring to let him out ha. That was better than what i have to do now, the long walk to the gate

It isn't a good system if you're some serial killer mind you... not that you are! Just some other radnom person who lives in a gated community and who lures take-away drivers into his dominion.

flipper87 · 07-05-2012 9:57pm

IM0 wrote: »

sounds like its safer outside the gates OP

yep. I wish i knew how they were planning to get out with the car ha. Must have been one of the neighbors

ProudDUB · 07-05-2012 10:30pm

The safety and security of your car is your own responsibility. If it is parked in the complex, it is not up to your landlord or the mgt company to compensate you if someone tries to break into it or steal it. Mgt fees are high enough as they are for most people. They would be impossibly high if landlords or mgt companies were held liable for damage or theft of residents cars.

Your being denied a gate code is a separate issue, unless the car had to be parked outside as you could not get access to the property. But as you said it was within the complex at the time, I presume that that was not the case.

athtrasna · 07-05-2012 10:35pm

The access issue is between you and your landlord - if you cannot access the complex your landlord is breaching your lease contract and you would have recourse against them for this.

No matter where you park your car it would be at your own risk unless you hire a private car security person for your car. Beit on the street, in a public car park or a private car park, the risk is yours.

djimi · 07-05-2012 11:14pm

Was the car inside or outside the gates? The way you describe it sounds like it was inside the gates, in which case Im not sure what kind of responsibility you feel the landlord has?

If it was outside the gates and it was me in that situation I would kick up an almighty fuss and go completely ballistic (part of the reason I live where I do is for the added security for my car), but Im not really sure that it would get me anywhere. Ultimately its up to you to ensure the safety of your car, and if it you cannot secure it within the gated car park for the night then you need to find somewhere secure to leave it overnight. Thats not the landlords responsibility.

It might however be a valid reason to break the lease; if it is in the lease that the apartment includes secure parking behind a gate and you can no longer gain access to that secure parking then you are no longer getting what you are paying for and the landlord is not upholding their end of the lease.

ted1 · 08-05-2012 7:37am

If you don't have a phone(battery dead), or credit how do you get in ?

Victor · 09-05-2012 5:52pm

Threads merged

The_Conductor · 09-05-2012 8:34pm

ted1 wrote: »

If you don't have a phone(battery dead), or credit how do you get in ?

You wait for another resident who does, and follow them in.......
We have the exact same system here ourselves.

riclad · 09-05-2012 9:25pm

Thats a good trick,re gate lock acess thru phone, i hear on pat kenny show, rte radio, many people are not paying management fees ,for various reasons.
The other residents end up paying for them, paying higher fees, because the maintenance has to be done .
they may get away with it for years .
Maybe keep,rent receipt,letter from landlord, with you, in case someone
trys to stop you going in.

athtrasna · 10-05-2012 12:28am

riclad wrote: »

Maybe keep,rent receipt,letter from landlord, with you, in case someone
trys to stop you going in.

That would still give you no right. Access is being denied to the landlord for breach of contract. Just because the OP is giving money to said landlord, doesn't give them access rights that the landlord doesn't have. The OP needs to take this up with their landlord.

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