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I’ve just started on the EC in a smallish building of 15 that’s around 40 years old (the building, not me). There has never been a special by-law registered – EVER!
As you can imagine, in that time most have renovated bathrooms, kitchens, floors etc. One has even knocked out a whole wall! There have been quite a few sales in the last few years so the new owners aren’t accountable for the renovations.
We finally have a strata manager who knows his stuff and he’s asking an owner to register a by-law to renovate. We all understand that this is the correct procedure but how do we enforce this now? The owner knows that at least 75% of the building have renovated without the added expense of a by-law (not to mention accountability), so is quite ticked off (and rightly so) that they are expected to do this, knowing that strata is still responsible for everyone else’s renovations.
How should we tackle this? I don’t believe it’s fair to punish this owner who has tried to do the right thing by asking for EC approval when most have done it on the sly. Should we just continue with the way it’s been for the previous 40 years, so strata cops the odd waterproofing bill here and there? Or can we justify starting to do things the correct way from now on? Is there a way we can enforce a by-law on every bathroom that is not original?