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Your responses have all been fantastic!
I guess it’s really about leaving the emotion out of it. In many regards i agree with the more aggressive approach as it seems a little contradicting that one EC has made decisions that required very little from the owners while the current EC (correctly) have applied a more regulated stance. From what you have explained though, precident counts for little. And that’s the irk – what’s good for the goose isn’t good for the gander. But that’s life.
The irony is that if i do go to the expense of a by-law (which seems inevitable) that is specific to my enclosure, the remaining two that had enclosures without a by-law remain as is – under building liability and little changes! Proposing a joint by-law is great but i’ll be damned if i’m covering the cost of it fully in that regard.
The more rational approach of sitting it out with the EC and reaching a compromise is more likely. That said, i get the feeling i’m going to be 8 balled on most of what i ask as there seems to be a personal aspect to it. That’s frustrating as the EC to have the final say and i need to comply to their egos.
Could anyone shed light – assuming there are no unique building by-laws that cover this – can we be told what type of windows we are or are not entitled to install? I’m already hearing that bifolds may be out. Bearing in mind there is no visibility into our unit in our location.