Re: Offensive fence

Thank you for all of your advice. There are only two villas and we each have a unit of entitlement of 10/20…so we are 50/50 on decisions. We don’t have a strata manager and all decisions we have made over the years have been informal and verbal. The reason we are currently not on speaking terms is due to a parking issue whereby the owners husband had been parking on common property grass for the last 4 years, but when my partner moved in a month ago and started parking parallel to the husbands car, we were told she didn’t want him parking on the grass. Her husband then began to block my partners car from gaining access to the area, whilst he remained parking on the common property. Last week, her father blocked access to our garage with his car and then verbally assaulted and intimidated my partner, as he had to park on council verge due to the blockage. The only reason I wish to know my rights in regards to the fence is that we fear going to the meter box due to the verbal assault and intimidation. My partner is an electrician and wishes to check to see if any extra power points have been wired to my electricity (her father is an electrician also and he did put one in but I’m not sure whose power supply it’s feeding off). It is a highly uncomfortable situation as you can imagine. I don’t wish to feel uncomfortable accessing something which is wholly within my rights to do so. I also don’t want this to happen with possible future owners if she sells. In regards to compliance notices regarding breaching by-laws on parking on common property…how does a two villa strata go about issuing compliance notices, obviously without both parties agreeing to issue one? Is there any detailed information on how a two strata, equal unit of entitlement development can manage disputes without resorting to mediation every time there is an issue? Thanks so much for your help!!