Compensation for inconvenience

At a recent AGM, the majority of owners decided to repair a balcony.

1. REPAIRS

The balcony is leaking.

The balcony is not common property.

Presumably, regardless of ownership, the leaks have to be fixed.

(a) Can the EC merely present 2 quotes – for a gold plated repair job costing approx $6,000 per lot owner – to the OC?

(b) Can my request for an independent engineer/plumber/handyman etc to establish the actual (not assumed) cause of the leaks (and who will not be enriching himself by both diagnosing and doing the repairs) be rejected? (Note in this strata most folk are old and are easily led. Sweet music to the EC).

(c) If originally the balcony was erected with tiles assuming the role of a membrane, must the OC NOW lay down a new membrane (as is being demanded by interested parties) or can it limit its responsibility to fixing the leaks, perhaps by cheaper means?

2. COMPENSATION

The owner of the balcony sought and was granted compensation by the OC for “inconvenience” to him while the balcony repairs take place. Is this legal? And if so, is their a limit to what he the OC can pay him?

Please advise. Thank you.