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[Jimmy-T]

It seems the new strata laws can’t come soon enough for the Flat Chat faithful.

Our readers have been champing at the bit this week, wanting to know when the new regulations are coming in and what they might mean.

Typically, parking and pets are at the top of the agenda.  Here’s a selection of the hot topics keeping everyone informed (and entertained) on the Flat Chat Forum.

• Can we change common property into extra parking spaces? If so, how do we allocate them? That’s HERE.
• On the subject of parking, can we put lockable bollards on visitor’s parking spaces to prevent residents parking there? A two-year-old discussion gets another spin. That’s HERE
• Can we stop a resident parking his boat in his parking space then putting his car in visitor’s parking? That’s HERE.
• Can we insist on pets only being allowed in units with gardens?  That’s HERE.
• A popular neighbour is a chain-smoking nuisance. Are there any new regulations on smoking? That’s HERE.
• What if a rental agent doesn’t report a problem and delays make it worse? Who pays? That’s HERE

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[The Animal]

someone has been parking in my car space for the past two days. What can i do to get rid of this car? I need my space every day! I have put a polite-ish note on the window to no effect.

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[Jimmy-T]

So they have read the note?  Or is it still there?

If they have read the note and ignored it, the most effective thing I have heard of is to carefully place a house brick on their windshield and let them work out what that means.

Or you could contact the strata manager, building manager or executive committee and complain – which will take too long –  and use visitor’s parking in the meantime (which is a breach of by-laws).

Other methods of getting their attention, like letting down tyres, are dangerous and illegal.

I would go the house brick and a note saying “Don’t park here again. By the way, I have photographed your car rego and sent it to police.  Have a nice day (somewhere else).”

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