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@JimmyT said:
They are documents belonging to the Owners Corp and there is no secret ballot (yet) so, yes, you can pay your $30 and trot down to the strata manager’s office for a sticky beak.This is very confusing. If you want advice, you need to tell us clearly what the situation is. What is the by-law about? When was the poorly written by-law proposed and defeated. Who wrote it?
The Owners Corp can’t pass a by-law retrospectively. But they can reinstate common property if it’snot covered by an appropriate by-law
Thanks Jimmy I will try to be more concise. The by law is about renovations that were done many many years ago some twenty years possibly and some ten years ago. We have just bought the property. The last by-law was written by the EC and was defeated in the last AGM end of last year by our refusing consent. We were well within our rights and sought the advice of a lawyer. The EC had claimed much of our Lot was common property this caused a bitter feud re boundaries. In regard to restating common property this is my fear. We have been in the apartment a year and there have been numerous conflicts. I was reading the posts on Proxies and old farts and this is the case in this building. Building Manager is also the Secretary and has 75% of vote it has been the case for almost twenty years. No one goes to meetings as there is no point. Minutes are massaged and residents are bullied. The EGM was called without any consultation with us. But it contains a clause we must pay for all costs, Legal strata administrative. The by law is so long and onerous the costs would be considerable. We are having to seek legal advice on the by-law as it is ambiguous. What is really confusing me is the area needs a current renovation and we are about to embark on this journey so most of the works included in the by law will be demolished and replaced within the next few months assuming we get approval.