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I’m hoping you can clarify something for me. There was a recent Flat Chat column titled “The 21 new strata laws all NSW apartment residents need to know”
Item 20 on that list:
Renovations: Current laws could prevent you hammering a nail into a common property wall without getting a by-law approved. The new regulations separate renovations into cosmetic, minor and major. The first is simply a case of notifying the committee, the second only requires approval by a vote of the committee (not a general meeting) and the last – usually involving structural changes – still requires a special resolution at a general meeting.
I am an apartment resident and wanted to be clear about the rules so followed your link in the article to The Strata Schemes Management Act (2015). The following from the Act seems to offer conflicting information:
110 Minor renovations by owners
The owner of a lot in a strata scheme may carry out work for the purposes of minor renovations to common property in connection with the owner’s lot with the approval of the owners corporation given by resolution at a general meeting. The approval may be subject to reasonable conditions imposed by the owners corporation and cannot be unreasonably withheld by the owners corporation.
I would be grateful if you could confirm whether “minor” works can be approved by the committee or need to have approval of the owners corporation given by resolution at a general meeting.