Owners should not sit back and expect their management company to do all the work. Photograph: GettyAs an owner of an apartment in a South Dublin development since the 1980s, I have, as a non-resident, always had a difficult relationship with the scheme’s owners’ management company (OMC). The owners’ management company (OMC) is established with the sole purpose of having the common areas vested in it, and taking ownership of and responsibility for the common areas. Your query refers to the management company in the third person, as if it is a separate entity from the owner, but it is not. Owners should become involved by putting themselves forward and becoming directors of the management company.

Source: The Irish Times February 16, 2026 14:31 UTC