Garage door jobs in Parramatta
Parramatta is mostly apartments: at the 2021 Census, 85.6% of homes in the suburb were flats or apartments and only 7.7% were separate houses. So for many repairs here, the first question is a simple one. Whose door is it?
Strata car park doors and gates
The NSW Government says the owners corporation or strata committee must repair and maintain common property, and owners look after anything within their own property. Under the NSW common property memorandum, a garage door shown by a thick line on the strata plan, or outside the lot, is the owners corporation's, and so is an electric opener serving more than one lot. The remote in your pocket is yours.
The memorandum only applies where a scheme has adopted it by special resolution, so check the strata plan and by-laws, or ask the strata manager, before booking work on a shared door or gate.
Automatic gates in Parramatta
For a house or townhouse with its own driveway, tell us whether the gate slides or swings and whether there is power close by. Any new mains supply to the gate counts as electrical wiring work in NSW, so a licensed electrician runs it.
Around Parramatta
Heritage streets
The City of Parramatta has 18 heritage conservation areas, including North Parramatta, Sorrell Street and South Parramatta. If your house is in one, ask council whether its controls cover a new garage door.
Townhouses
The NSW Government treats changes to the outside of a strata property as major renovations, which only the owners corporation can approve.
A new opener
If a strata door needs a new power point for its opener, that is work for a licensed electrician.
What we would do
Ask the strata manager for the page of the strata plan that shows your car space. A thick line around it points to common property and the owners corporation, a thin line with the door inside your lot points to you, and the by-laws can change either.