Condo Smarts: Changes to common property require scrutiny of strata council

Dear Tony: We would like to share a recent decision made by our council that seemed appropriate at the time. Given the bylaws, the type of request to alter common property and the advice of our manager to require the owner to sign an alteration indemnity, we assumed it couldn’t be more iron clad. We were very wrong.An owner requested permission to install a skylight in their penthouse unit. They agreed to the conditions we set out and to assume any costs relating to the alteratio