#21140
Jimmy-T
Keymaster

    Depending on the number of units that have already upgraded, I was going to suggest another tack.

    First you pass a by-law making internal electrics (the wiring only servicing each individual unit) the lot owners’ responsibility. You explain that you are doing this so that some owners don’t have to pay twice for electricity upgrades.  

    And you stress that, for fire safety reasons, there can be no opt-out from the upgrade but owners can take advantage of a much cheaper rate from having all the rewiring done at the same time. Lot owners have a responsibility to maintain their lots so this is something that can be enforced at a later date (and at greater expense to the recalcitrant owners) if need be.

    If everyone is in agreement, it should go ahead quite smoothly.  And owners can use Strata Community Australia’s  “Who’s responsible for what” document as the template for the by-law as it also covers electrical work.

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