You certainly could speak to a lawyer but the threat of doing so may be enough initially. I don’t know your committee and how they respond to legitimate requests and implied threats but if it was my block, I would do it with an email initially. Something like:
I believe you have been wrongly advised about the status of my parking space and the owners corporation’s continued and unapproved use of it to store garbage bins. The strata plan clearly shows that this is my lot so, to bring this dispute to an amicable conclusion, I have two simple requests:
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- Immediately find somewhere else on common property to store the bins on a permanent basis.
- Have the boundary lines of the parking space repainted to reflect the correct dimensions on the strata plan.
Failure to fulfil either or both of these reasonable requests will leave me no option but to consult a strata lawyer with a view to seeking orders from NCAT and compensation for the use of my space, backdated to when the scheme first started leaving its bins there.
Needless to say, should the strata scheme choose to engage in unnecessary legal dispute, I will seek all costs as part of any judgement.
Please advise as soon as possible how you intend to proceed.
If they ignored it or refused, that’s when I would get a strata lawyer involved. I hasten to add, the committee in my block would never allow this to happen – if nothing else, they are sticklers for the rules.