Re: Who pays to enclose their balcony

Thanks Whale,  Yes, your presumptions are correct. Those that wanted to enclose were to pay for their enclosures.  The funny thing is that the non enclosures are virtually the same price because there is more work waterproofing, tiling and installing glass baulstrades than just enclosing. The design was approved in 2010.  The general feeling is that ongoing maintenance was to be the responsibility of the OC because owners do not necessarily maintain, especially rentals. Changes in unit entitlement was not discussed.  It seems that no-one knows what they are doing. No bylaw has been stuck and the Strata Manager is not ordering the windows despite the fact that he can order most of the windows without a further section 96.  The stumbling block seems to be the top unit wanting the OC to pay for his roof and the SM is supporting him.  The EC has no idea of the rules and is supporting the SM – who else can they defer to?.  This has been a 4 year battle that we thought was resolved with the new SM but he is now silent and not responding to emails.  My unit has leaked since 2011 when the OC conducted concrete cancer work on the unit above and nothing has been done to stop the leaks.  The windows were supposed to fix this but 4 years down the track and we are still spinning our wheels.  I despair.  I feel like going to A Current Affair.  Any advice?