Reply To: Long approval process for reno (NSW)

Hi All,

Thanks for everyone’s reply (i’m quite grateful), as this has becoming quite distressing. The renovations in question is quite extensive and I don’t think it’ll classified as minor or cosmetic. These will include, plumbing and electrical disconnects/reconnect and installation of vanities and ceiling lights in the bathroom as well as new oven and rangehoods in the kitchen, new flooring and paint job for the whole place. I rather do this by the book (to avoid legal blowbacks), as it seems my property manager has angered the OC by organising the rubbish removal before it had been approved (and a little kerfluffle with where the contractor was parking in the property). Hence probably why they’re here to exact my pound of flesh.

I have requested the strata roll, and the Strata Manager has given me the run around with the “weaponised incompetenece” by sending me the strata change form, and then sending me the strata roll with just my details, and this morning has informed me that the secretary has declined to release his information and now has has referred me to a strata search agent to cough up $34.10 for a search.

I don’t know how to engage with any meaningful dialogue with the OC, especially via the Strata Manager, since they haven’t responded to any requests for EGM initation. I do prefer to settle without legal action but I’m not sure what choice I have now?