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Australia has long debated this housing idea, but in Auckland it's already working (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 5 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/auckland

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[–] liv 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think you're right.

Body corporates can be expensive and not having one is foolish. Even with townhouses I anecdotally know someone whose efforts to remediate their leaky house took many more years/dollars than it should have because the overseas owner of the abutting house kept refusing permission for things to do with their shared wall and roof section.

[–] Dave 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah I feel like we don't have the model quite right. A body corporate at least moves you to only needing a majority vote (actually only 50% I believe).

But we could go further.

What if we could apply to the local council and if the request was reasonable they could approve the work to proceed, and require the other party to contribute if applicable?