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OK to add external vent in flat with property manager? (Scottish law)

As title, this is in Scotland. A family member owns a flat in block with a property manager (factor) and there's various prohibitions such as not putting up a Sky dish.

They want to add a kitchen extractor fan to vent outside - they are on ground floor so easy enough to drill through the wall.

However, should they be seeking permission before they get a builder to make the "hole in the wall"?

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  • davidmcn
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    As title, this is in Scotland. A family member owns a flat in block with a property manager (factor) and there's various prohibitions such as not putting up a Sky dish.

    They want to add a kitchen extractor fan to vent outside - they are on ground floor so easy enough to drill through the wall.

    However, should they be seeking permission before they get a builder to make the "hole in the wall"?

    The wall's jointly owned by everyone in the block, so strictly speaking they'd need to get everybody's consent.

    But I suspect it's the sort of thing they'd get away with (assuming the builder doesn't do anything silly and it's not an offensively ugly vent).
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