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[struggler]

Our EC has just announced that they are considering allowing owners to install external blinds to protect from the northern sun at their own.  These blinds would be visible from common area and from every unit.  This is for only one side of the complex who have only one room exposed to the sun. The other side of the complex has their entire living area/dining area and bedrooms exposed to the northern sun all year every day, but no mention of that side of the complex.

Am I wrong to believe that without proper documentation and consideration that this could be a shamozzle?  Should there be a bylaw stipulating the size, colour, maintenance, height for any such external fittings?  And should they also consider the other side of the complex, what they can or cannot do and have a separate bylaw drawn up for them.  On this side anything attached externally would not be visible from common area, but shouldn't they still look to ensure it is not open slather?

Though I am a great believer in owners in strata being able to protect themselves from the elements and have an environmentally friendly cool/warm environment and lessening the dependance on air con, I do feel that it needs careful consideration.  For instance, blinds would have to be motorized and perhaps sensors to retract them in heavy winds.  An expensive exercise when those who have sun exposure to their entire premises have found internal blinds and curtain very effective at reducing internal heat.  But no one on that side is on the EC.

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