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We have a Special Bylaw for our Strata of 60 units in NSW to allow the installation and maintenance of solartubes installed by lot owners. I used this in 2020 to install 2 solartubes and in 2024 another person did the same. We now have a new Strata Manager (but same company as in 2024) who claims to install another solartube I must get legal advice, and “the works you plan to undertake on common property (under the blanket bylaw) still need to be registered on title. The cost of the general meeting as well as the registration of the special bylaw against your lot to pass responsibility of repairs and maintenance of those works to you as the lot owner (and subsequent lot owners) is payable by you.”
This seems excessive and unnecessary. Is she correct, I don’t think she is. We passed the Special Bylaw to avoid individual lot owners having to do exactly what she says we must now do.
I have been arguing with her for over a week now, at least she backed down from claiming it was a ‘major renovation’. Your advice would be much appreciated.
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For those of you who don’t know, a solar tube is a reflective tunnel that channels light from a rooftop dome, usually down through roof space to a ceiling unit that provides natural light.
Have a look at this video but please bear in mind this is from America and it’s a couple of years old so the prices quoted may be way off. Google “solar tube” to find local installers.
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Hmmm. I think your earlier by-law covers you for the work and passing on responsibility, but the strata manager brings up a point that the solar tubes might need to be registered on title. I don’t know if this is correct, but hopefully someone else on this forum will know. Presumably that would be an additional step beyond registering the by-law and you’d need to do it for all of the solar tubes, not just the latest one. I can’t see that it would require another vote. If your earlier by-law was drawn up and then registered by a lawyer, I’d contact that lawyer and ask whether the solar tubes need to be registered on title. If the lawyer says no, then you have your response for the SM.
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