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Why should other owners be responsible for changes made? In our complex, all the sliding doors are not visible from any common areas. For all we know, owners have changed the standard issue sliding doors for french folding doors!
The standard doors/windows here are anodised aluminium sliding. They ain't pretty, but thats what we've got. If there is anything but the standard doors and windows (fitted when I bought this place off the plan – and I still have all the glossy brochures) then I believe its their problem. And unfortunately, of any new owners (and the previous owners should be held accountable).
Heaven help those who buy the units here where the some owners have previously tried to make changes that did not comply with building codes, Australian standards nor council regulations! Who know whats they have done where we can't see? And why should the rest of us pay if there is no record of permission for any changes from the standard fittings, fixtures and layouts?