Demolish a wall

Hi,
If the engineer says it is load bearing the BC needs to know about what you are planning as it may affect the structural integrity of all the other units and may void certain insurances. Also there may be work needed on common property so again the BC needs to know for appropriate work cover and so on.

The best way to deal with the body corporate (or government for that matter) is to make their decision easy and remove any additional thought the committee may need. To this end, get the engineers report, put together you plan of what you want to do along with any notes the engineer has about required structural changes. Add in when you want to start work, how long it will take, the hours during which the work be done, the number of people on site, the name of the contractor you’ll use. (so get your quotes done first). And include copies of the contractor’s insurance cover.
As an addition, if you really want to make sure it all goes through without a hitch add a couple estimates of increase in value of you apartment from some “authorities” and demonstrate that this work will likely increase the perceived property value for all apartments, increasing rent and so forth. Money talks.

Basically the body corporate’s job is to protect the value of the common property and ensure one unit doesn’t disadvantage any other. so show how you’ll protect the property and if possible how you’ll advantage the other units.

Surrey.