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Thank you everyone for your replies. I did get some useful information and ideas.
To Sujenna, I am not mentally deficient so I did consider that it would be much easier if I drove to work every day and conveniently found a car spot right outside my building when I came home every night but I do not, I am now working from home like a lot of others, so I need 24/7 parking for my spot.
Being a single mother I need to use my car a lot – for shopping, for errands, driving kids here and there and possibly even for a medical emergency should it arise. Ordering, waiting and paying for an Uber/taxi whenever I need to pop out somewhere is not a luxury I can afford. It may be ‘only an inconvenience’ and I wouldn’t say I am outraged, however it is an issue and being a tenant it seems no one seems to think we are important enough to consult or consider when it comes to anything strata related.
My landlord is not ‘oh well’ if I don’t pay my rent so why should I feel the same if I am not getting what I am paying for? Keep in mind as the work is directly outside my window and that of my children, we also have to listen to trucks and concrete being ripped up from 7am in the middle of the school holidays when we’re all supposed to be having a rest and sleep in, and in addition I am working from home so it makes meetings practically impossible, so it’s becoming more than a slight inconvenience.
We’re not all friends here, it’s a business situation so I don’t see why should I just tolerate the situation and keep my mouth shut?
As it turns out, the works did not take place on the day I was advised due to rain, however I was not advised, nor was I notified of the new date (today as it turns out) when they turned up at 7am and I had to rush down and inconvenience the workmen by moving my car out.
As a note, the driveway does not appear to be ‘broken’ in any way so I’m not sure what is being repaired. I have been driving in and out for 5 years and there has not been a problem so I suspect they have some leftover money in the upgrades kitty and thought they would make some improvements. As someone pointed out, this does not benefit me as a tenant in any way.
Since so far today I’ve had to park a few hundred meters down the road, I will try and find paid parking for the next week and request the landlord compensate me for loss of use of facilities and rental parking (if I can find it). It’s also a good idea to notify my car insurance company.