Boronia – NO it wouldn’t, as unlike the previous matter discussed here, works associated with the installation of a floating floor don’t involve an addition, change, or alteration to the Common Property of the Plan.
However (there’s always at least on of those in Strata) the installation of timber floating floors, and the cheaper laminated versions in particular, often leads to significant problems with the transmission of noise to other Lots both adjacent and below, and with the extent of that being largely dependent upon the structure of the building and how the Lot’s residents conduct themselves.
For that reason the Owners Corporation’s prior written consent to such works should always be sought via its Executive Committee who should at least be provided with details of the product, the type, specification, and performance standard of the acoustic underlay proposed, the Contractor who’s undertaking the works, their insurance coverage, and the time/s and date/s of their proposed works.
It’s worth noting that our lawmakers and strata aficionados so recognised the impacts that I’ve discussed here around post-construction timber floors, that the then proposed reforms to NSW Strata Legislation placed changes of that type in the same category as those involving structural changes to a Lot, thereby requiring all requests for consent to be put as Special Resolutions to a General Meeting of the Owners Corporation.