CC – the other sides to the matter may be if the renovations you discussed with the Owners Corporation’s contractor, and which it appears they’ve documented and provided to your Strata Manager, will include a new / renovated kitchen, then you wouldn’t expect your sinking fund to pay for that, and if the same situation arose in a stand-alone house then you’d likely have no option other than to stick it out during the repairs or perhaps to stay with a relative or friend.