State Government ends impasse over Chevron Renaissance Surfers Paradise body corporate

Broken locks, holes in walls and floors can now be repaired at one of the city’s largest unit blocks after the State Government ended a six-month stalemate

BROKEN locks, holes in walls and floors can now be repaired at one of the city’s largest unit blocks after the State Government ended a six-month stalemate over who had control of the complex’s $7 million body corporate.

However, frustrated residents at Chevron Renaissance in Surfers Paradise say the war is not over and tensions remain high among the luxury tower’s 726 unit owners after it was left in “wreck and ruin”.

A body corporate fight broke out at Chervon Renaissance, one of the Gold Coast's biggest residential towers. Picture Glenn Hampson

The Body Corporate and Community Management Commissioner (BCCM) ended a dispute between two committees late last year.

Members of one committee complained it had been voted out at an unapproved AGM in June.

After the complaint, the commissioner froze any action by the new committee until he could determine who was rightly in control.

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Residents at the time told the Bulletin the decision meant all new contracts surrounding repairs and maintenance to the building were put on hold.

Residents on both sides of the debate declined to speak on record this week.

However, many said they were frustrated with the long wait to end the impasse.

In a decision released last month, the BCCM found the AGM in June to vote on the new committee was “void for irregularity”.

Immediately after the commissioner’s ruling, the new committee was voted in at an extraordinary general meeting.

Chevron Renaissance. Picture: Mike Batterham

However, as part of the BCCM’s decision, Chevron Renaissance must hold a legitimate AGM by March 2020.

“It should be up to the owners who they want running the building, not the commissioner,” a resident in support of the new committee told the Bulletin yesterday.

“It was a six-month period when nothing could be done.

“It came to a complete standstill, the place was in wreck and ruin.

“There were broken locks that were left, doors that weren’t shutting, there were holes in walls.

“We had to wait for months and now have to get the building up to scratch.”

Another resident said they did not believe the fight was over, despite the BCCM ruling.

“It has caused a big divide among some people, it is extremely hostile,” the resident said.

“I don’t think it is over.”