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    @Lady Penelope said:
    Dingo – I am making the assumption that you are planning to install plantation shutters internally in your apartment. Is this correct?

    What do your by-laws say about window coverings and the colour of window coverings? If they say nothing then do not ask for approval to put them up.

    Just do it. 

    Take a look around your scheme. Do other owners have slatted blinds or plantation shutters? A plantation shutter is similar in external appearance to a slatted blind so if a slatted blind is OK then so should a plantation shutter be OK.  

    There are no special by-laws about window coverings however this block has just spent a considerable amount of money on glass railings and new windows. Since they have changed the railing from obscure glass to clear glass people can look directly into our unit as we are on the ground floor. As my wife is currently with a new baby (breast feeding)  this is not ideal. Hy the old photos online , there used to be masonry sides on the balconies which provided some privacy – but in some people’s infinite wisdom they have been replaced with clear glass panels  instead – even though we are not on the water side of this suburb.  It appears that some people have  purchased new blinds when the windows where replaced ( i suspect as a group order )  but there are some with curtains and some with the ever so lovely original vertical blinds