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Hi,
we have recently bought our first apartment in bellevue hill, sydney. At the auction a member of the EC who is the chairperson, secretary and treasurer of the building was there. he congratulated us and said he would help us with anything we need, we should let him know. we met with him and he advised we can remove part of a structural wall and 2 other small laundry walls no problem if we got structural engineer plans. we got a recommended structural engineer who provided a report and structural plans. in the meantime the secretary has then said no to all structural works and then yes again no problem to all structural works, reviewed plans with us. and said no problem it will all be ok and then 2 weeks later no structural work again.. he has changed strata managers just after we settled. delayed calling an EGM for different excuses over 2 months! and now they saying earliest is end of jan.
they advised us new strata manager took over over a month ago. and she told us right before christmas holiday shes only been officially taken over a week ago. the secretary has recently given permission by special resolution to a renovation to a member of EC who has made a door way in structural wall with no by law and the secretary has advised hes concerned about us having to get get council approval which will mean they will have to update their fire regulations which will cost them alot of money.
the voting system is unfair as its a building of 8. 3 live overseas and secretary gets their proxies all the time. even now with new proxy laws 3 members on EC work together and take a proxy from overseas owners.
its been a very draining and stressful process. any advice would be greatly appreciated.