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Lady Penelope
Thank you for your response. There is a current by-law restricting renovations to 5 months but they wish to reword the by-law by “removing the 5 month allowance” and changing it to “not up to 5 months” (not sure what this means) and upping the bond from $10,000 to $50,000 for any renovation.
Another clause within this by law states “to ensure the orderly conduct of works the proposed timetable for which competes with other works in the complex they may impose restrictions on the time of works, access to lifts, car parking etc”. The SC interpretation of this is that no two units can be renovated at the same time under any circumstances. We have a unit block with 50 units in it, built in 1970 with many elderly residents whose units are in original condition. With the demographics rapidly changing there are going to be many renovations. Under this regime we could be looking at waiting over a year before they will allow us to start renovating a unit we cannot live in as it is in uninhabitable condition!
Can I pay the $10,000 bond in advance of having my plans approved to avoid the higher bond.