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@JimmyT said:
I totally sympathise.  I heard about a block in Bondi where an owner who was clearly a bit off the planet would turn up at EC meetings and scream at all the owners … until one of them brought along a tenant who was a largish Scotsman with a black belt in something who would tell him to calm down.

You could spend your waking life plotting revenge – or just some way to restore balance – but that’s just another victory for his nibs.  I’m not clear what it is that he’s doing wrong – is it just snooping and plotting?  Or is he physically and/or verbally threatening.  Either way, you should really consider an AVO as verbal assaults are still assaults under the law.

Or you temporarily take in a largish Scottish lodger (with a black belt).

Thanks Jimmy, for the insight. He is snooping and plotting. He backed off from verbally yelling since we told strata who conveyed the message that we have already been speaking to police etc. If he does this again he will definitely be getting police to have a nice little chat with him. He wants some sense of power over the complex common area. We are not going to go get revenge on him as friction is what he enjoys……So will just observe and not give him the satisfaction we are after. We are going to move homes anyway. Here is hoping that he doesn’t bother our tenants who will be living here, in the future

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@JimmyT said:
To answer your question, gather as much written evidence as you can from your neighbours and get an AVO that forces this person to leave you alone. This is not a strata issue – it’s a neighbourhood issue and has nothing to do with your strata plan …  it’s a people issue.

There are bullies outside of strata too,  Me, I’m fed up with people who have issues with neighbours and blame it on living in strata.

One good thing about strata is that you are not alone – and I could tell you plenty of stories about nasty and aggressive neighbours in standalone houses who have made the lives of the people living next to them a misery … and they haven’t had anyone to support them.

 

Thanks Jimmy. Just want to be content where we are living. This guy is a bully. Unfortunately our friend in the complex who also stood up to him has sold and moved. Another guy in the complex who knows this person as a bully is very scared and timid. While the new owners are already being asked by the bully to side with him with him not telling them to not park in the common property (while with the previous owners, he made their life hell). Lastly, the 2nd villa which has tenants in place, this guy has told them rubbish and gotten their proxy – they couldn’t care less what happens here….

We’ve decided to not use the spot for now. A bully likes a reaction and enjoys the friction….if we don’t give him that satisfaction, I believe he’d be mighty angry anyway. Wonder how his and his wife’s life is in reality given they are always so busy pondering and plotting who to shoot here..

 

We are hoping to move homes anyway next year. But hope that he doesn’t bully our tenants the same way..

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