Question: Do urgent bathroom repairs to the lot need to go through the normal renovation approval process?
In my ground-floor apartment, the bathtub has rusted through and is potentially leaking into the subfloor. This semi-urgent repair requires quick attention.
Do I pass a by-law via the normal renovation approval process? Is that a major renovation requiring a by-law to be drawn up by a solicitor, EGM with strata manager, voting, etc? Tiles and the bathtub will need to be removed and replaced.
Answer: Only once the by-law is approved and registered, works may proceed.
The bathtub/tiling removal will involve waterproofing works, so, yes, a by-law will be required to be passed by special resolution at a general meeting of the owners corporation.
The consent of the owner is also required for the making of the by-law.
Only once the by-law is approved and registered, works may proceed.
This post appears in Strata News #700.
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