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I personally chose to live in my current strata residence not only because of price (cheaper than a house) size (smaller therefore easier to look after than a house) but also for the added protection of the strata bylaws.
If I wanted to have trouble getting into my driveway/garage due to neighbours cars parked all over the place, if I wanted to walk out my front door and see garage/rubbish/rusted cars/overgrown weedy gardens, if I wanted to come home and find my neighbour had constructed a lean-to out the front and painted it purple, I would have bought a house. I am protected from this by living in strata – or so I hoped. So if the “rules” of strata weren't there I wouldn't be here. And so say lots of us.