Dubious decisions of the CTTT

You are not alone! My own EC was defeated in an almost identical case by failing to provide enough of the right paperwork in a clear-cut issue of a by-law breach.
The problem here is the process which allows for a initial adjudication based on written material only. So we get these jumped up failed solicitors making rulings based on nothing more than what they read and understand – which is often limited in itself – without either side able to correct any misapprehensions.
Appeal and you or your strata manager will be able to present a case in person at a hearing where there is a much better chance of common sense prevailing. This system is so fundamentally flawed that there is a very, very good chance that it will be swept away in the next review of strata law.
Meanwhile, we have to live with a system where the wackiest clowns of the CTTT make bizarre rulings based on a picket-fence attitude to property, rather than a sense of what the majority of a community wants. The sooner the paper adjudication goes and some of these paper shuffling simpletons can be put out to pasture, the better.
I have to say,though, in our case it doesn’t help that a couple of dominant members of our EC are running a covert agenda to have air-con allowed into the building.

That’s the smart move. Appealing against the decision is a no-brainer and just part of the process to get the right decision made. Meanwhile, I would get a by-law about air-con drawn up so you can prevent the spread of them you so rightly fear.

With every posting n this forum I am belong disillusioned with the illusion of living in strata. Is an owner can change the exterior of their townhouse with the installation of air conditioning, and this is given the stamp of approval by the CTTT then what’s the point. Let them change the front door, the garage door, the colour of the paint outside.

I wonder if any of the people who make decisions regarding strata actually live in strata. It would affect how one would see the circumstance of a complaint if one did not actually live in the same conditions. An air conditioning unit at the front of a house is totally different from an air contiioning unit at the front of a townhouse. Perhaps the ruling of the CTTT would be better if those making the decisions actually lived in similar circumstances.

And again I ask, what’s the point of strata by laws regarding common property if when someone makes an unauthorised change, the ruling is in favor of those who make that change. Im sorry but I was under the impression that if you changed common property or the appearance of it without permission you had to return it to its original appearance. It should be cut and dry. You can’t change what you don’t own. And if one changes all would be allowed to make similar changes. And if those who were assigned the power to make such decisions lived in a complex and could see how it would affect the appearance of their home, perhaps the outcomes would be different.