#13331
struggler
Flatchatter

    Get together enough all the information you can.  The engineers report, that you will only use licensed insured tradespeople (and check that they are), taking responsibility for any damage to common property by your tradespeople (EC/OCs fear damage to stairwells, lobbies etc from materials/tradespeople coming through), that all materials will be removed and disposed of (ie no building materials placed in residential bins but taken to tip), check with your council about regulations (my council is very helpful in supplying details regarding what can and can't be done), supply plans/diagrams of works and advise EC they are welcomed to see that work carried out is indeed the work you said would be carried out.

    In my complex we had a resident who wanted to make changes.  The EC asked for details.  He said he would provide details after we agreed to it!  He wouldn't supply anything – measurements, where/how the changes were to be made, plans/diagrams, nothing.  Zip.  Just a very vague desciption with words like “about” or “almost” and “nearly”.  The EC said no because he was not willing to provide any details for us to make an informed decision. Saying “yes” to an idea could be a dangerous thing.