If the chair lift will not be installed on common property and will be installed totally within your private Lot boundary then you have a very good chance of this installation being approved.
You may have an issue with drilling into the boundary wall that is common with your neighbour particularly if the wall is acting as a support for the weight of the chair lift and the occupant of the chair lift, however if you were to obtain a structural engineer’s report stating that the stair lift will not cause structural damage then this report should assist your approval application. Installing a chair lift on a common wall would be different from installing a picture hook!
This work could be classified as a Minor Renovation as you would not be making structural changes (i.e. not removing walls), you would not be changing the external appearance, you would not be impacting the waterproofing, and you would probably not need a DA.
A [s110] SSMA Minor renovation can be done with the approval of Owners Corporation by Ordinary Resolution of a Motion at a General Meeting. No by-law is needed.
In some instances Minor Renovations can be decided by a Strata Committee meeting if power has been delegated by the Owners Corporation to the Committee. Check your By-laws.
The approval process may need the owner to give details of the work. This may include:
- any plans of the work
- when the work will be carried out (times and dates)
- qualifications and details of the tradespeople who will do the work.