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[Babushka]

hi everyone! We are looking for some advice. We have just moved into a strata complex of seven lots of villas. We were very surprised to find the strata completely and wholly managed by an 80 years old female resident. She literally runs the place and bullies all the tenants, most having lived hereat least 12 years. My neighbour has lived here since 1976! Our lot (villa) does not face the street and is located up a long driveway. We casually mentioned to the lady that we are looking to replace our rusty 30 year old venetians with shutters ( as we had done this to our previous unit with no fuss – in fact our neighbours thought they looked so good they followed suit!). She went into a tirade and stated everyone must have venetians. She basically says no to everything! You get the kind of person I am talking about. When I pointed put that the elderly lady two doors up has roman blinds and curtains that look like they have been there for at least 15 years, she did not appear happy at my point. Since that day she has been harassing our lovely elderly neighbour about getting venetians “like everyone else”. I am pretty certain there is no by law or such stating everyone must have the same. In fact the lady even said so much herself when under her breath she stated, “well, it’s internal so I can’t do anything about it”. But I fear she will harass us if we do proceed with the shutters. What are our rights?

any advice is appreciated. 

Ps. We are hoping to get enough support to get a strata management company in to manage this place properly… But that’s another topic!!! 

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