Siobhan O'Dwyer was delighed to present a public seminar on the Multi-Unit Developments (MUD) Act 2011 in Waterford on Tuesday, 17th April 2012. The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland South East Branch hosted the seminar in the auditorium of Waterford IT where an enthusiastic and interetsted crowd attended. This free seminar covered topics including; legislation overview, sale or purchase of units, owner management companies (OMC's), transfer of common areas and the rights and responsiblities of owners. It was an extremely successful event with a lively question and answer session following the presentation.
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MY MANAGING AGENT has written to say we all have to pay €500 extra this year on top of our service charge because our roof needs to be repaired. I know that there is damp and water coming into the top-floor apartments and I can understand that they would want to fix the roof but as I live on the ground floor I get no use out of the roof so why do I have to pay?
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