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There are a number of ways you can approach this, assuming that you tell the strata committee to undo all their work and they refuse.
1. You can get support of one quarter of owners (by unit entitlement) to call an EGM where you can seek a simple majority to have all the “improvements” undone.
2. You could, at this EGM, seek to have any or all of the members of the committee removed by special resolution (75 percent of the votes at the EGM.
3, You could seek obligatory mediation at Fair Trading, prior to action at NCAT to have the decisions revoked and the common property restored at the errant committee members’ expense. (Section 24 of the Act)
4. You could seek obligatory mediation at Fair Trading, prior to action at NCAT to have one or more of the committee members removed from the committee. (Section 238)
5. You could go to NCAT (mediation not a prerequisite) to have a compulsory strata manager appointed. (Section 237) NB: This is a “be careful what you wish for” move as the chances are high that you may be unhappy with the appointment of a strata manage who will be answerable to no one and have full powers to run the strata scheme as he or she sees fit.
However, the NCAT application form sets out the grounds and conditions for such an appointment thus:
Describe how the management structure is not functioning satisfactorily
OR
• Provide evidence of the owners corporation’s failure to comply with an NCAT order, failure to perform one or more of its duties
OR
• Provide evidence of the owners corporation’s judgement
• What functions do you want the agent to have and exercise?
• Attach the written consent from a managing agent listing their terms, conditions, fee and licence under the Property, Stock and Business Agents Act, 2002.
However, before you embark on any of the above options, make sure you have the support of a substantial number of fellow owners, or you will be dismissed as a trouble-maker. Better to be seen as a problem solver.