Changing Management Of A Condo

Those having problems with their condo management might be interested in the following bits of information gained from a meeting I attended today. The information is confirmed as correct by the two lawyers present, but of course it might not be correct.

By law condo management must call a general meeting each year. If they don't then the owners can call a meeting. Provided there is 33% of the owners present then the meeting is legal. If you can get 50% of the owners to vote for a new management team then that is legal. The owners can be represented by proxy, but no one person can have more than 3 proxy votes.

If a new legal manager is voted in they can present the papers (votes, minutes etc) to land registry to install a new legal manager and oust the old one.

Note that when I say % of owners that is a percentage of the area of the condo the owners and proxies represent.

There are, of course, plenty of pitfalls so this is just to give some unhappy owners some hope.