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Condo Smarts: Common or limited — what’s the difference? (BC)

Dear Tony: We put in a written request to our strata council to install a charging station for our new car and the strata council has refused to give us permission. Our parking is common property and the council has said it does not want to open the door on alterations in the garage as it will just lead to a mess. We were under the impression if we agreed to pay all the costs, the strata council couldn’t refuse our request and had to agree to the alterations. The property manager told us to apply again and detail all of the other alterations people have been allowed to make so they could hang kayaks, bikes and storage lockers. This would force the council to allow the alteration, but council has said it does not have to give permission. Would it help if the parking was limited common property?     Read the Q&A………………..

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