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The windows where they want to install these blinds are two storeys up, no balcony and would have no access to external opening mechanisms so would have to have a remote device installed so blinds could be operated from inside the bedroom. An external device would require the fly screens to have a “doggy door” to allow the occupant to stick their arms out and open/close blinds. I would be concerned with anyone perhaps leaning on flyscreens two storeys up. And in past comment made by the EC, they think it is just a matter of going to the hardware store and getting a blind.
There is also the matter of colour. This complex is like a fancy neopolitan ice cream, roof one colour, guttering slightly different, window trims different to door trims, and posts/supports another colour. A light colour for the blinds would show the bat poo, gum tree sap and get dirty. A dark colour would soon be bleached by the bird poo. And how to clean?
Then there is the fact that the members of the EC do have a history of “close enough is good enough” or “oh just let them damage/change common property, whats the harm”. They think that if just a few give their OK and that if the owners themselves pay for it, it will all be OK. And if someone gets a different colour or type, they will just roll over and say “that's OK”. Am concerned that their lack of concern will lead to us living in a complex with a patchwork quilt appearance.
I know from past experience that this EC would not consider any of the above, nor would they think of a bylaw to not only cover their blinds, but any shade providing structure/device that perhaps the residents on the other side of the complex may want to consider. As I have said before, I am not against any owner/resident wanting to improve the heating/cooling of their homes using “greener” methods, but you have to look at all angles, all possibilities, and cover all bases.