Hi Lucia,
Am I right that you haven’t spoken to the EC yet? If not then go and talk to your chairperson have it put on the next EC meeting. Also put the issue in writing to the SM. Give them time to review and address and if they don’t respond in a manner that deals with your concern you could make an application under section 62 of the SSM Act that the OC is not maintaining the common property and seek an order for the required works to be undertaken.
However this action may not make you the must favorite person in the building, so give diplomacy a go first, however it’s good to have section 62 to fall back to. It’s best to have these types of applications prepared by a Strata Lawyer (The cost should be minimal) .
If the EC wants to help then we would be happy to provide a quotation to do the design, write the scope and send to tender.
Chris Mo’ane AIAMA, MASBC-CPC
GMD Integrted Consultancy Group
Principal Sponsor OCN, Corprate Members SCA, FPA