Re: Removing Paint from a ceiling

Thanks for the responses.

I have just checked our by-laws and I am assuming this is the one that applies:

Alteration or work to Lots

7.1 The consent of the Owner’s Corporation and the Building management Committee must be obtained if an Owner or Occupier wishes to:

a)    make alterations to, additions to, remove, repair or replace:

                i.         any part of the Common Property near or within their Lot (such as Common Property walls, Common Property windows and doors, Common Property floor and ceilings)

              ii.         the structure of their Lot

             iii.         the internal walls inside their Lot (such as dividing walls even though they may not be Common Property).

             iv.         The balcony attached to their Lot (such as enclosing it or erecting some permanent structure on it (this does not include plants or furniture)),

              v.         Any part of the Heritage items (even if the Heritage item may not be Common Property)

Now the ceiling is part of the original 1920’s warehouse – so I suppose they could say that point v. applies, and that it is a heritage item. But if that is the case, they probably shouldn’t have painted it themselves and left it in its original, raw unpainted state – as we requested!

So, if by alterations they also mean painting, then I guess point iii. means we can’t paint the internal walls without permission either?

Is this a standard by-law? 

Thanks