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I just looked at a unit for sale and agent appears to have misled that the renovation of knocking out part of the wall between kitchen and lounge was approved. Is there any way of getting them retrospectively assessed and approved so everything is in order if i ever was to sell. Thank you
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Jayse wrote:
No point getting retrospective approval, and I doubt retrospective approval can even be valid.
An essential part of a special resolution for changes to common property is the apportioning of ongoing responsibility for the changes. Under NSW strata law, if that isn’t assigned to the lot owner, it defaults to the owners corp.
So there is a clear benefit to the OC in demanding retrospective approval and there is a benefit to the lot owner too, because if they refuse, the OC can demand the restoration of common property back to its original state.
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