It’s been nearly a quarter of a century since I last attended the initial annual general meeting of a new building, so bear with me if I refer once again to my more recent venture into that arena.

For the unwary, an initial AGM can be like entering a lion’s den, inside a minefield, in a fog. However, in this case, we were lucky. The developer had almost as many votes as the owners, but he had chosen not to flex his voting muscle.