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… could you get others in the same position to put up a case to get your group separated out in payment terms of the overall building quote?
NSW strata law is pretty clear on this. Common property works must be paid out of existing funds, special levies or strata loans (repaid out of increased levies).
Furthermore, levies have to be charged on the basis of unit entitlements, and on no other basis, including relative need for works done.
Your options could include asking for an audit of the quotes to explain why your costs would be higher than if you had this done separately, and to find out how many others are in the same boat, with a view to gettin their support.
You might also want to check to see if the price has been inflated because you are an owners corporation (which some contractors see as a soft touch).
And you could ask the committee to examine the possibility of getting a strata loan instead of imposing a special levy, which would help you (and others) a lot but could annoy people who have the cash on hand and might object to paying the interest on the loan.
You could even take action at Fair Trading for mediation if they refuse to contemplate that, as a decision not to at least offer that option to all the owners could be seen as harsh and discriminatory