08/07/2026
If you are a property manager, strata committee member or body corporate manager across Melbourne, Geelong or surrounding areas, this is worth understanding clearly.
Gutters on a strata building are common property under Australian strata legislation, which means the owners corporation is legally responsible for their maintenance and cleaning.
Not the individual lot owners. Not the property manager personally. The owners corporation, acting through the maintenance fund that all owners contribute to through their levies.
In practice, gutter cleaning is one of the most consistently overlooked items on strata maintenance schedules.
Unlike a broken lift or a damaged car park surface, blocked gutters are not visibly failing until water damage is already occurring.
By the time a top floor owner reports a ceiling stain, the gutters have usually been blocked for a long time and the building has been sustaining damage through every rain event in that period.
The consequences of undocumented, unscheduled gutter maintenance in a strata setting go beyond a repair bill. Insurance claims can be disputed if the insurer determines the cause was failure to maintain common property.
Lot owners who suffer water damage from gutter overflow are entitled to seek compensation from the owners corporation under Australian strata legislation. In Victoria and NSW there is potential compliance exposure through Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading.
A documented scheduled cleaning program addresses all of this.
We provide detailed service reports after every clean that are suitable for owners corporation records, insurance documentation and property management files.
Free quote at mrguttercleaning.com.au
