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The Strata Manager has advised that the Strata Committee initiated this unauthorised change to common property and not the lot owner. After my email threatening to go to Fair Trading, the SM has advised that the work has stopped and the SC has been advised to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting.
Sadly it seems that rather than follow the legislation and deal with continued by-law breaches the new SC has decided to reward lot owners and their visitors who illegally park on common property by using OC funds to pay for the removal of established lawn areas and concreting them, so that lot owners and their visitors can continue to illegally park on common property.
I’m at a total loss to see how if this alteration to common property if approved it would improve or enhance the common property for the rest of us.
I am concerned it would set a very dangerous precedence. Will other residents who continue to park on the lawn also be rewarded with lawn near them converted to concrete for them to illegally park on.
Over the years various real estate agents who have appraised my property have commented that the cars parking on the lawn makes our complex look like housing commission.
I’ve told owners this at the AGM when my motion to issue notices to comply was defeated.
I’d appreciate any ideas on how to stop this, would I have a case to present at NCAT?