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I live in a strata complex consisting of 3 town houses. I would like to do a minor renovation, which consists of the following:
– Building a small partition inside my garage, and installing a toilet inside the partition
– There are no other units below or above me
– The existing laundry, which is inside the house, will be connected to the newly built partition inside the garage through an existing door (which currently connects the laundry and the garage)
– connecting a toilet to the sewer line inside the garage.
– The existing sewer line is inside the air space of my garage, so it is NOT a common property (as confirmed by the LPI)
– No floor digging will be required
– No common walls will be affected
– The existing sewer line in the air space of my garage does NOT service any other properties.
– The existing water pipes are inside the air space of my garage, so they are NOT a common property, and they do not service any other properties.
– There will be NO structural modification done
– No common property will be affected or altered
– The complex is not going to be visually affected in any shape or form, as the work will be done entirely internally
– The other two town houses will NOT be affected in any shape or form
– The LPI confirmed that all the work done was on MY property, and NOT the common property
– Local council confirmed I needed NO DA approval
– The Fair Trading told me if no common property is altered, I needed no approval from my OC / EC. They told me I just needed to give a 14 day notice to the OC, and did not need any approval from them.However, the Strata Manager says I needed to call an extraordinary GM, get a bylaw drafted, and pass the by law at the GM – all that at my own cost. I tried to explain that NO common property would be affected, and that the Fair Trading, the LPI and Local council all advised me otherwise , but it was like talking to a brick wall.
I would appreciate if someone could advise me whether I need to seek the OC / EC permission and pass some by law in order to do the above job affecting NO common property?
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