Re: New neighbour removing fence in land grab

@JimmyT said:
You might also ask your strata manager to explain the difference between common property and lot property, as well as “exclusive use”.

The key to this is that the owner can’t do what she wants with common property and that includes building a new fence without the permission of the owners corporation.  

Exactly our point.  The neighbour needs to comprehend the concept of Common Property and that Exclusive Use does not convey ownership but is still subject to all Common Property By-Laws.  At this time, she has not grasped this.  Unfortunately, the BC Manager has failed to inform her (not that this is her job, neither is it ours) but has MISinformed her by explicitly telling her she “owns” the area.  

We expressly referred her to By-Law 40 (d) which states to the effect that an owner may not make any changes whatsoever to an area for Exclusive Use without the WRITTEN CONSENT of the Committee.  (Which, at this time, she does not have).

Unfortunately, we are being kept in the dark by the Committee but this also has to do with it being the Xmas/New Year holiday period, and the Strata office instructions to suspend everything until they reopen on 4 January 2018.  So the Committee is sitting tight and we have to hang on tenterhooks indefinitely.