#70407
SteveB00
Flatchatter
Chat-starter

    Thanks for the reply. I agree that having an electrical distribution board (DB) in each unit is a good solution, but I’m questioning the OC’s right to impose it. Reasonable grounds to object might be that everything works fine the way it is and there’s no need to spend money fixing what isn’t broken. Or it might be that there’s no convenient place for a DB inside a tiny 1-bedroom unit. Or it might be that, like me, you would like to move your DB into your unit, but at a time and cost that suits you.

    I recently asked the OC to repair some faulty wiring in my ceiling on the grounds that it was common property. The OC’s position was that wiring that serves only one unit is the responsibility of the unit owner. Now they propose to use OC funds to upgrade 30+ electrical circuits that each only service one unit. If they can do that, what gives them the right to refuse to fix other common property wiring?

    I would actually like move my DB into my unit sooner rather than later and not be hamstrung by the process the OC will have to go through to get this approved — if indeed it is approved.

    So my question is still “whose responsibility is the wiring from the electricity meter to the unit?” Can the OC choose to upgrade it, moving the DB in the process (and can they force the unit owner to have the DB inside their unit)? Or do these choices lie with each owner?

    Thanks again.

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