Topic: Other party blocking renovations – FLAT CHAT

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06/05/2011 at 9:24 am #7361 Reply | Quote
dandeman
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I live in one of these 2-unit strata schemes. My unit has 80% of unit entitlements. It is unrenovated and requires substantial work. The other unit is much smaller and is fully renovated. Now the situation is that the other party does not want to agree to renovations at all, whatever is proposed, simply because they dont want the inconvenience. They just say “We're not interested to even talk about it”. Is it true that votes are equal even if I own the largest part of the building ?

The other question that I have is that the other party states that water usage etc is to be split along the 80/20 unit entitlements. I am a single person, they are a family of 3, how can that be fair that I pay for 80% of the water use ?? Is there anything that can be done about this ?

We also have a roof that leaks. Since they are at the lower floor, they don't care and they don;t agree to pay to fix the roof (which is common property). I have to get it fixed now because I get water damage, no way to wait for long. Do I just go ahead and fix it, send them the bill for their share and take them to the CTTT if they refuse to pay up ?

These 2-unit schemes surely are not easy to be managed, once you have a fallout, it becomes almost impossible to have a reasonable relationship……

Thanks for your help.
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