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[Janet]

Thanks again Scotlandx. 

We will stick to our position. We will not sign the SBL. We have notified the EC and SM that we will not comply with Motion 3. “All owners to remove staircases in 90 days”.

The rest of your information is heartening as we were thinking all along that surely the OC or SM could not rule on whether the stairs were legal or not.

My engineer is advising:

1    That I apply to council for a Building Certificate. Given that the upstairs floor area now has a steel beam and other support I may even be able to change the council certificate that no one reside upstairs. My engineer states that although my stairs are a little steep they are quite safe and he thinks I have a good chance.

2   That I engage a Surveyor to report on the levels internally & externally.

There is now another battle regarding the ‘sag” to the SW corner of my slab. The EC engineer and my engineer do no agree on what action is to be taken.

My engineer states that the NW corner of the slab is on solid ground, the SW corner is on fill which has subsided. This is causing stress on the villa with consequent damage within the villa and the garage in particular.

Added to that is the invasion of roots under the slab from the driveway tree that the EC and SM fought so hard to keep two years ago. Now it is a massive problem. 

It is Japanese Elm, which normally sends roots downwards. But, because of the position, the tree has sent out rogue roots, which can be seen at ground level, straight towards my villa.

And so it goes on….

Janet  

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