I have a complaint – no one’s complaining

It ever there was a group of people who deserved to be called the silent majority, it’s strata tenants.

Tenants make up more than half the population of strata units but do they make half the noise?  I don’t think so and I wish tenants would complain more.

See, when tenants have problems with neighbours, too often they think no one cares, no one is listening they don’t want to cause trouble and they can move as soon as their lease is up anyway.

I knew three tenants whose next door neighbour was a selfish brat who thought he had the right to make as much noise as he wanted, often coming home in the early hours and playing music at top volume.

The guy below him – another tenant – was also copping it. I only found out about this after the brat had started partying at 4 am and the police had to be called.

But it turned out this had been going on for years and the tenants had never complained. That’s why when I asked the Executive Committee to issue a notice to comply, they responded as if I was the only person who had any issues and they were doing me a huge favour.

The problem has been resolved now but it could have been dealt with sooner. So please, renters, speak up.

The battle in strata isn’t between owners and renters, it’s between decent people and dickheads.