Renovating Your Apartment

All owners considering renovations or modifications to their apartment, must contact the Building Manager in the 1^st instance. The Strata Manager may be engaged to obtain approval from the Owners Corporation where necessary. All requests for any renovation work must be in writing and complete with specifications, clearly outlining compliance with all provisions of the general and specific By-Laws.

While not all renovations will affect common property, the majority do as it is virtually impossible to renovate main parts of your apartment without affecting common property in some way. It is therefore best to seek approval for all renovation work which will ensure the work is carried out to the required specifications to avoid un-necessary costs and inconvenience to other residents.

The main types of renovations that require approval are:

• Kitchen renovations;
• Bathroom and laundry renovations;
• Installation of air-conditioning;
• Installation of floor boards, tiles or other hard flooring;
• Installation of fly-screens;

The following items do not require approval:

• Replacement of carpet; and
• Painting the internal walls of an apartment.

Should works be undertaken without approval further action may be taken by the Owner’s Corporation to remove the installation or a by-law established putting future apartment buyers on notice that the works are not approved.