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I own a unit in an art deco building of 30+ units in NSW. The OC intends fully rewiring the building from, and including, the connection to the grid. (This alone is $50K.) After then replacing all the unmetered wiring, the OC intends to move all the distribution boards from communal cupboards on each level and into each unit, running a submain from each electricity meter into the unit.
Can they do this? Is this wiring common property? If it is common property, does the fact that each submain and distribution board services only one unit make it the owners’ responsibility?
If the OC does have the right to run a submain to each unit, do they have the right to *enter* the unit (versus perhaps terminating it at an outside wall of the unit) and to install a distribution board *inside* the unit. Would an owner be within their rights to decline?
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The reply I received from the OC claims they have legal advice supporting their position. How can I dispute this? I suspect that getting a lawyer might cost more than just paying for the rewiring.
Legal advice from whom? The strata manager? The bloke at the chip shop? As a member of the owners corp you are entitled to see all correspondence to and from the OC and the committee, so ask them to send you a copy of the “legal advice”. If it’s from anyone less qualified than an experienced strata lawyer, then you can file it in the “highly dubious” basket.
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