Reply To: Owner seals off access path despite denial of permission

The Plot Thickens

The owner of the Unit where unauthorised changes were made to common property has now “lawyered up” and letters have now been sent to the Strata Secretary. The lawyer is threatening legal action by the owner against the committee and any individual members whom they state are acting outside their role and their scope of power, and hindering the sale of the lot owners unit. They have made no attempt to make repairs requested by committee…or address the underling issue that the owner made unauthorised changes to common property. The lawyers letter has made the accusation that the nature of the committee requests are “trivial” and that the recent conduct of the committee has become a nuisance in reference to the SC secretary’s contact with the selling agent to inform them of the common property issues. The secretary is currently collecting the evidence to Submit a request for Mediation by Fair Trading as was advised on this forum. Should our Strata committee be seeking our own legal representation or is this likely just bluff.