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The ‘shaft’ for the dumbwaiter is not shown on the strata plan. Our apartment, #2 does not have any access doors for the dumbwaiter; the access doors are on the basement level of apartment 1, one floor below ours, and in apartment 1, on the level above our apartment. I can only guess that the dumbwaiter, its equipment and shaft are the property of apartment 1. I cannot believe that the Owners’ Corporation would have any responsibility for it. I think it’s safe to assume that apartment 1 is solely responsible for its use, maintenance and of course the noise it makes.
If the proposal for removing it and replacing it goes ahead, I wonder if I’m able to impose some sort of conditions for its construction and assembly (slides versus rollers), sound insulation, its use re noise and hours of operation, as the shaft runs directly through one of our rooms!
G