Ceiling Fans

Hello, I'm sure my strata company is on the money, but I just wanted to ask here to double check.

When we first bought our unit, it had ceiling fans, but there were very old, ugly and too low. So we asked the electricians to take them down – they did. Now a few years on, we'd like to install some ceiling fans back in.

However, I've just been told by Strata there is no by-law relating to ceiling fans and I need to organise one which will cost (he guessed) $2k, and could take 6months (as they're busy with AGMs). 

This is where I get confused… the other units have ceiling fans (the original ones we had), and we want the fans put exactly where the old ones are (so can use the original holes, power, and plugs). 

I conveyed all this, but they said the other owners have installed them at their own risk (but the fans are all so old, I think they were here from the start maybe?). 

To make it more confusing, I'm also getting the ventilation fans in the laundry and bathroom replaced, but Strata said that's fine, and they doesn't need to know about it?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.