Reply To: Renovation – owner seeks “pre-approval”

Jimmy, thanks for the reply. Below are some more points:

1. Nobody on the SC (me included) knows what we’re looking at when studying a design document given to us;

2. The forthcoming by-law will be standard as it’s to be prepared by the OC’s solicitor;

3. The OC tends to vote as guided by the SC. So what the SC agrees to, now or later, will be the OC’s decision; and

4. One woman on the SC with a keen eye found that the renovator wants to make changes to the roof of the building (change the pitch) to allow for his renovations. When she approached him, he informed her that the changed roof is needed to partly cover an outdoor area he wants to construct. She has not studied the plans in detail so she cannot say (nor can I) what other issues are raised by the proposed renovation.

Given (4) above, I can see no benefit to the OC in allowing a change of the building’s facade. Also I have no idea of the impact on common property of the renovations. Hence I thought the done thing would be that the renovator would supply the SC with a letter from an architect or engineer listing all the modifications as well as their impact on the common property, if any. That way the SC can make as close to an informed decision as possible.