Can I Fix Up My Parking Spot or Storage Locker in a Concord Condo?

Published 2026 — Rhodex

Whether you can fix your Concord condo's parking spot or locker depends on your declaration. Either way, the mesh cage and garage walls are shared fire-rated elements you can't drill into or overload without the board's sign-off.

A loose shelf in your storage locker feels like the simplest repair in the building. Then you look at the walls around it, see they're chain-link mesh bolted to the parking garage structure, and the question stops being "how do I fix this" and starts being "am I even allowed to touch it." Concord's condos and townhouses turn that question up more than most areas, because parking and lockers get treated so differently from one building's declaration to the next. Here's what actually sorts out as yours, what belongs to the corporation, and what needs a real conversation with the board before a drill comes out.

First: is your parking spot or locker a unit, or just yours to use?

Under the Condominium Act, 1998, a corporation's registered declaration decides this, and it isn't the same answer in every building. In many newer registrations, developers made parking spaces and storage lockers separate titled units, with their own PIN, so you own that locker the same way you own your suite. In other buildings, especially older registrations, parking and lockers are common elements that a specific unit has exclusive use of — you're the only one who parks there, but the corporation still owns the concrete.

The practical difference matters the day something goes wrong. Our piece on condo board approval for small exterior jobs covers how sections 90 and 91 split maintenance between owner and corporation by default, and how a declaration can shift that for exclusive-use common elements. Your status certificate will state outright whether your spot and locker are part of your unit or common elements, so it's worth the request before you assume either way.

Why you can't just load up the locker's wire cage

Most Concord condo lockers sit in rows of wire mesh cages inside the parking garage, and that mesh usually isn't decorative. The Ontario Fire Code requires parking garages and locker storage areas in multi-unit buildings to be properly fire-separated from the rest of the building, which is exactly why lockers are built as enclosed cages rather than open shelving along a wall. A 2023 Ontario condo-law blog reported a real enforcement case: Toronto Fire ordered a condominium to clear out dozens of wire-cage lockers in its underground garage after inspectors found they weren't contained the way the Fire Code required. The fix wasn't "add better shelving" — it was removing the storage setup entirely.

That's the backdrop for the genuinely small jobs here. Attaching anything to the mesh panels themselves, stacking boxes against them past a safe height, or running a cord or light fixture through the cage wall are all changes to a fire-separated common element, not a private locker upgrade. A free-standing shelving unit that sits inside your locker without touching the mesh is a different story, and it's the one job that's reliably yours to handle: a basic wire or resin shelving unit sized for a condo locker typically runs about $60 to $150 retail in the GTA, with no installation beyond assembly.

What's genuinely a small, private repair

Free-standing shelving or storage bins inside your own locker — yours to set up, nothing to ask permission for.
Locker door hinge, hasp, or padlock replacement — if the locker is registered as part of your unit, this is a straightforward swap. A handyman or locksmith visit for this kind of minor hardware fix typically runs about $80 to $150 in the GTA for a short call, parts included.
A dead parking-spot wheel stop or a scraped bollard cover — cosmetic, low-stakes, and usually fine to replace like-for-like without a formal request, though it's still worth a quick heads-up to the property manager if it's bolted to the garage floor.

Anything that involves drilling into the garage's concrete walls or ceiling, even just to mount a bike rack above your own spot, is a change to common-element structure, not a locker-only question. Treat it the same way our board-approval piece treats a balcony alteration: ask first, get it in writing, and expect to supply a product spec if the board asks for one.

The gate, the remote, and the garage lighting aren't yours to fix

A sticking overhead gate, a dead transmitter for the whole garage, or a burned-out light in the aisle between parking rows are shared infrastructure, not a resident's repair. One gate motor serves every car in the building, and garage lighting is almost always wired to the building's own circuits rather than any individual unit's panel. If yours stops working, that's a call or email to property management, not a handyman booking — even a well-meaning private fix to shared electrical equipment can run into the same Electrical Safety Authority notification rules that apply to any other common-element wiring work.

Adding an EV charger or a wall-mounted bike rack is a bigger ask than a repair

These come up constantly in newer Concord buildings, and they're genuinely different from the small jobs above. The Condominium Authority of Ontario lays out a formal process for an owner who wants to install an EV charging station at their own parking spot: a written application describing the installation, with drawings and the scope of work, submitted to the board before any electrician touches the garage's electrical system. The board can refuse on practical grounds, such as the garage not having enough spare electrical capacity, and the cost of the installation is usually the owner's to carry either way. If a request and the board disagree, Ontario's rules point the dispute to mediation and arbitration, and an owner who doesn't pursue that within six months is treated as having dropped the request.

A wall-mounted bike rack above your own spot runs into the same approval question, just with lower stakes: it still means drilling into a common-element wall, so it's worth a quick written request to the board even though it isn't an electrical job.

Quick answers

Do I own my parking spot or storage locker in a Concord condo?

It depends on your corporation's declaration. Some buildings register parking and lockers as separate titled units; others make them common elements you only have exclusive use of. Your status certificate or property manager will say which.

Can I put up shelving in my condo storage locker?

A free-standing shelving unit is usually fine. Don't drill into, hang weight from, or stack items against the wire mesh cage itself, since that cage is often part of the building's fire separation.

Who fixes a broken parking garage gate or remote in Concord?

Property management, not a private handyman. The gate, its motor, and shared transmitters serve the whole garage and are common-element equipment the corporation maintains.

Do I need board approval for an EV charger in my condo parking spot?

Yes. The Condominium Authority of Ontario sets out a formal owner-request process: a written application with drawings and scope of work, reviewed by the board before anyone touches the electrical.

Who can I call for small parking spot or storage locker repairs in Concord?

Once you know what's actually yours to fix, Rhodex can send a vetted craftsman for a fixed price. Request a quote at rhodex.ca/get-a-quote.html.

Know which side of the mesh is yours before you touch it

A storage locker looks like the most private square footage in the building, right up until you notice it's built into the same fire-separated structure as the parking garage around it. The question isn't whether a repair is small. It's whether the thing you're repairing belongs to you, to the corporation, or sits in that exclusive-use middle ground your declaration spells out. Check the status certificate, ask your property manager when in doubt, and save the drill for the jobs that are genuinely yours.

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