I was wondering if the gardener is supposed to clean up messy gardens as well as lawn mowing in the common area of complex. – Fran, NSW

Q: I was wondering if the gardener is supposed to clean up messy gardens as well as lawn mowing in the common area of complex.

A: Your owners corporation should have the relevant tradespeople to maintain your common areas. The responsibility may also sit with your building manager. You may wish to reach out to either your strata committee, strata manager, or building manager and bring to their attention areas of common property that need tending to.

It is the owners corporation’s responsibility to properly maintain common property and keep it in a state of good and serviceable repair.