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Originally Posted by Electrical Storm
Seems like someone bought into a home ownership model they didn't understand...
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I think the complaintant fully understood the home ownership model, however she probably doesn't understand the financial model of condo ownership. That is the developer claims low condo fees on first few years, but once the condo is 5-10 years old, the condo fees must skyrocket to pay for the eventual maintenance on the exterior items.
Furthermore, the complaintants finances are probably such that she will never be able to afford the high condo fees, so what she really hoping for is that the roof and exterior renocpvstions will occur after she is long gone, otherwise the condo special assessments will bankrupt her.
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Originally Posted by suburbia
Judging from the court ruling, which went against the condo, it seems she was indeed being bullied. The article also highlighted that this is the plight of tens of thousands across the country - coast to coast. From the article it seems, if you own a condo, you're either getting screwed over, or you don't know it yet.
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There was no court ruling, the parties reached a confidential agreement that was settled through mediation.
I don't think she was bullied, at least from the article there is no signs of bullying. Bullying is not forcing someone to abide by the corporation Bylaws. The only way someone could claim bullying is if they were singled out for selective enforcement. There was no mention in the CBC article that the the complaintant had selective enforcement from the condo board.
Here is my guess at what was occurring. The complainant lived on the ground floor. She was disputing the practicality of having rules meant for balconies higher up. Planter sizes and number of chairs would be restrictions due to maximum load of the balcony.
I also hazard a guess the complaintant is not well liked by some members of the condo association following the vote to not increase condo fees. However wading into a big divisive issue will have consequences to the relationship of your neighbours.
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Originally Posted by Electrical Storm
The incident from the article is bullying. I agree.
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I would agree the incident was bullying if the condo board passed Bylaws and then immediately used them against the complaintant.
Also I have a problem with the term bullying as it's used in the media, and especially by Erica Johnson articles. Bullying is not enforcing laws of the land. Rather I believe bullying should only apply to instances where the law is silent or where the perp is attempting to coerce people into going against the law.
For my kids K-4 pink shirt day activities, the teachers and student leadership group changed the bully message with kindness, including lessons on how to be kind to one another. The underlying problem was that the term bullying was being used too loosely.
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Originally Posted by patm
I can hear every single footstep my upstairs neighbor takes. I'm constantly cranking my TV to try and drown out their footsteps, I'm embarrassed to have people over cause of the noise and I have to wake up whenever they are up. I haven't been able to sleep past 7 am on a weekday (even though I work at 9) since moving in. Worst of all is they have a kid who likes to run around and jump. I've had to start routinely checking my light fixtures cause they come lose from the rattling.
The worst part is they're not doing anything wrong. They're just walking around and letting their kid occasionally run around so I feel dumb filing a complaint or anything.
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Do you live in a building that is 3-8 years old and has wood or laminate floors?
It was common around the time mentioned for the builder/developer to have insufficient sound proofing in the subfloor. Most wood frame building of that era have this problem.
I was involved with a company doing a five floor wood frame development and the interior designer really wanted a wood floor option, however the builder said no because it would require complete redesign to account for the extra height of the subfloor. The building would have to be 2-4 meters higher.