› Flat Chat Strata Forum › By-laws and outlaws › New neighbour removing fence in land grab › Current Page
@JimmyT said:
I would say this situation would benefit greatly from a mediation with a view to reaching a compromise that allows her to reclaim her area of exclusive use without impacting unfairly on you.
Yes, we are prepared to negotiate. She is not. The fact that she had no intention of telling us about this and began conducting works without permission demonstrates her attitude towards us.
She shows absolutely no regard for the devastating impact this will have on us for the rest of our time in this home – I am not exaggerating. The changes will profoundly change our home. We will lose any and all privacy and buffer as she will essentially be moving onto the patio our entire living area looks onto – it’s like someone moving into our lounge room.
Not to mention the loss of all the practical function of the area – it is a large area and virtually an outside room to us serving various important daily functions. We would be willing to compromise to be able to use a small portion of the area and to position any fences so that they provide somewhat of a buffer in order to maintain the quiet enjoyment of our home.
She has flat out refused and wants to affix her fence to the corner of our entire living area so that she will occupy directly next to our home, again, as if someone is moving into our lounge/patio area – forever changing the nature of our home from one of privacy to a virtual share house.
It is extremely depressing and unbelievable unjust. Her attitude is incomprehensible as one could imagine that when you first meet your neighbours (literally the first time we talk to her) is her telling us she’s about to change our home and lives forever and we can just suck it up for all she cares. That’s what we’re dealing with. It’s sickening.