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Thank you for your advice, Sir Humphrey.
Perhaps I wasn’t specific enough though. When I say neighbour, I mean a neighbour in a house that backs on to our strata property, not a fellow apartment dweller.
This persons house has access to the rear of his property (where he wants to build the granny flat), albeit narrow access, and the area where he wants to build is significantly higher than his house (his block slopes up). All that considered, he is not land locked, and therefore I cannot see the need for the right of access easement through our property/strata title grounds.
He’s a braver man than I to take on 20 apartment owners against his ridiculous proposal. Fair enough he can do what he wants on his property and we can’t necessarily stop that, but why inconvenience 20 other lot owners in the process?
There is also an existing easement (council) that runs the fence line of our property, perpendicular to hos block. Am I correct in thinking that you cannot build over or disrupt an exisiting easement? There is also a sewer inspection point that cannot be built over or disrupted I believe.
He has got a solicitor on the case for him, and we are seeking legal advice.
It would also mean the removal of several large trees on our block that provide a weather and sound break as well as privacy and aspect. A costly exercise for him. All the work that needs to be done that he is proposing will cost more that what it will cost to build the actual granny flat!
We gain nothing from this hair brained idea, and he gets some of our priceless land for nothing! Grrrrrrr!