Why residents are struggling to move away from gas in older buildings
Residents in older Melbourne apartment buildings are facing significant regulatory and technical hurdles in their efforts to transition from gas to electric appliances. Current strata laws require a 75% majority vote for common property upgrades, which often stalls sustainability initiatives.
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Urban sustainability goals are frequently hindered by outdated strata legislation that complicates collective decision-making in multi-unit housing.
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Share A A A Inner-city residents Carla Campbell-Redl and Ying-Lan Dann want to electrify their 1960s apartment block. The goal – to move away from gas – sounds simple.
But Campbell-Redl, who is chair of the Owners Corporation committee managing the low-rise brick building in North Melbourne she and Dann call home, say about $10,000 paid to five consultants in as many years has not yet yielded a solution .
Ying-Lan Dann (left) and Carla Campbell-Redl (right) want to electrify their North Melbourne apartment block. Simon Schluter “One of our biggest frustrations is that we have not been able to get reliable technical advice to establish even an approximate cost for the complete electrification project,” Campbell-Redl says.
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