Whale. First of all 400 not out! Congrats on your 400th post!
I do not like to say never but I will y I will never help those who do not help themselves. Yes, I could get this place into ship shape. It was when I was on the EC previously. Of course I did most of the work whilst others sat back. And residents do not speak to me because they knew I did most of the work and therefore blame me for being told what to do, but still speak to other on the EC. Those others are now on the EC, doing nothing and getting good mornings from the residents.
I will not be solely responsible for getting others homes maintained whilst they sit back sipping chardonnay and wondering what else they will whine about for someone else to take care of. I am taking care of my place. I have had time off work. I have been working around the place sprucing it up. I have the tradesmen coming in a couple of weeks to do some work. Hell, I am even going to get quotes for floorboards. Not giving any notice, don’t care about the noise rating. As I only have one neighbour, if it only bothers them and no o me else cares is it really a breach? If my neighbour goes to the EC, it would take them I would estimate 6 months to even answer if they even bother. But knowing what residents in this complex are like my neighbour will sit back and wait for the AGM to complain that the EC should realized that he had increased noise despite not advising them so.
Normally I would be loathe to even think about breaching a by law as a matter of principle. But I feel this belief is not worth the effort any more. I am even going to change/repair common property outside my place without permission. Who is going to stop me? They don’t bother about any other by laws. They turn a blind eye. So if they bother with me I will take that as discriminiation. If it is ok for one to break a by law, and in this complex ok for most, them it is definitely ok for me.
I want out. If the residents here want to sit around waiting for someone to blame then let them. If they want to keep passing by broken and run down features without telling anyone good on them. I am not going to do any work to benefit them. Just for myself.
On that joyous rant, I would like to wish all a happy new year! I will have a glass of champers for you all! I know thats a lot of alcohol, but I need that much to live in this place.