When I purchased my unit, the seller had previously swapped garage locations with another owner. The location is not convenient. How can I determine what garage is mine?
My garage is at the opposite end of the building to my unit. All other nine garages under our building are generally directly underneath each relevant unit.
The previous owner of my unit told me he had swapped garages with the previous lot owner of another unit. Can owners agree to swap garages? Would this be a decision of the owners corporation? At settlement, I was given a hand drawn layout of the unit floor plan, including the garage - but not the location of the garage.
The garages are numbered in freehand on the basement slab. How can I determine what garage is mine, and how do I change it?
Usually, garages are depicted on the strata plan and are private property. However...
Usually, garages are depicted on the strata plan and are private property. However, in older schemes, it is not unusual for the spaces to be common property with a by-law registered allocating exclusive use thereof.
You will need to obtain a copy of the strata plan and registered by-laws to determine the position. Whether you can and how you go about changing the location of your garage will depend on the outcome of that position.
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