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    AJP
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      I live in a 15 year old strata complex with 11 lots (villas and town houses).

      For 14 years everything ran smoothly. Then a new guy moved in, joined the E/C, conned two of the members, and everything changed. There are 6 E/C members and all the votes this year have been 3-3.

      The new guy wants his friend to become our gardener and the friend submitted a $5000 quote for work which does not need doing. Our gardening budget is $2000. The quote was voted against 3-3. As payback, the friend has been damaging our trees and pulling out plants ever since, and then sent an invoice to the Strata Manager for supposed hedging and pruning. The invoice was not paid, and now the new guy has called a EGM with a motion on the agenda to pay his friend. Owners who don’t live here won’t know what has been going on and will probably vote in favour. The $5000 quote is also on the agenda for the EGM, even though it was voted against by the E/C. What can we do about this?

      A tenant has been helping this ‘gardener’ vandalise the plants, trees and lawn. 3 of the E/C members want him issued with a ‘Notice to Comply’ but the other 3 voted against it. How can we stop him? (The tenant’s landlord is one of the 3 who are causing trouble.) Myself and another E/C member have repeatedly told the tenant to leave the trees alone, but he laughs in our face, tells us he can do what he likes and we can’t stop him.

      The SM has not paid the unauthorised invoice, and has repeatedly told the tenant to stop breaking a bylaw. So they have started a campaign to have the SM’s contract terminated. 

      The the situation is untenable, but I don’t know what we can do about it..

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