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There is a lot of flexibility in Strata living … it just doesn't seem to have reached you building … yet.
Do you have the standard by-laws that include this clause:
5 Damage to common property
(1) An owner or occupier of a lot must not mark, paint, drive nails or screws or the like into, or otherwise damage or deface, any structure that forms part of the common property without the approval in writing of the owners corporation.
(2) An approval given by the owners corporation under subclause (1) cannot authorise any additions to the common property.
(3) This by-law does not prevent an owner or person authorised by an owner from installing:
(a) any locking or other safety device for protection of the owner’s lot against intruders, or
(b) any screen or other device to prevent entry of animals or insects on the lot, or
(c) any structure or device to prevent harm to children.
If you have, I can't recommend that you go ahead and install the net as a child safety measure … however it might be what I would do.
But seriously, if you really, really think your cat net isn't a major intrusion on the look of the building – and I mean if you think you could prove that at a tribunal – why not go ahead and install the net and let them prove otherwise? Let them make the running – IF you really think they have no complaint.
This Forum is awash with stories of people who have done the wrong thing and got away with it. If you think you're doing the right thing, then do it.