#21139
Whale
Flatchatter

    alinka – all that’s necessary not to accept or to amend the Minutes is a simple majority vote by those persons present both personally and by proxy at the AGM, and it doesn’t matter whether that vote is determined by a head-count or by units of entitlement; 51% wins!

    With regard to the balcony, the Owners Corporation (O/C) has an absolute responsibility to properly maintain its Common Property, and an absolute ability to determine by a simple majority at an AGM what it considers, with advice as appropriate, is and is not necessary in order to fulfil that responsibility.

    If the situation is as you describe and the balcony Owner just wants piece of mind, then perhaps suggest that the O/C engages a Structural Engineer and that the Owner pays their costs if, as you suggest, the Report shows that there are no issues.

    Just ensure that if your O/C goes that way that the Engineer is made fully aware of the backround, and that the O/C wants their professional opinion on structural safety and not on a grab-bag of unrelated observations such as hair-line cracking of surfaces or mortar, brick-growth, moisture, and mould that are included by some to embellish their Report.