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Hi All,
My partner and I recently purchased a large apartment and want to purchase 2 small dogs to live with us. We have chosen small, quiet breeds and want to get 2 dogs so that they keep each other company and don’t make any noise. We haven’t bought the dogs yet as we wanted to do the right thing and abide by the by-laws and seek permission first/
Our EC denied our request and their reasons were:
We don’t allow pets & I requested a bunny which got rejected so I will reject your request (very strange as I had nothing to do with this)
It is clear form the above that the EC have acted unreasonably and whats more, there’s just 1 guy who is really against us having the dogs.
We have mediation scheduled for 5 weeks time. As such, I wanted to hear about anyone’s experiences going to mediation over this issue and how it turned out?
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@annag26791 said:
The result isn’t 100% what we wanted but it’s a major step in the right direction and we can now get a dog!!!
It’s good that you got a result but I can’t help thinking that one small dog left alone is more likely to bark and cause a nuisance than two that can keep each other company. Best of luck with it.
The opinions offered in these Forum posts and replies are not intended to be taken as legal advice. Readers with serious issues should consult experienced strata lawyers.
Why do stratas need a pet register?
Who says they do?
The opinions offered in these Forum posts and replies are not intended to be taken as legal advice. Readers with serious issues should consult experienced strata lawyers.
Tiger – I have owned a Lot in a very large layered strata scheme on several hectares of land in QLD, with over 170 townhouses. Our by laws required that owners submit a photo of the animal when applying for permission to keep the animal. These photos were kept on file by the on site manager. I guess this was a type of “register”.
When a dog or cat was seen off leash or on common property without their owner then the on site manager was able to identify the animal and contact the owner. The on-site manager then informed the committee of these incidents. By-law infringement notices could then be issued by the body corporate for repeat offenders.
If an unidentified animal was seen on scheme land then the council dog catcher was called.
It was useful method of monitoring the behaviour of pets and their owners and the compliance with the by-laws, and also dealing with nuisance stray dogs that wandered onto the scheme land.
@Lady Penelope said:
Tiger – I have owned a Lot in a very large layered strata scheme on several hectares of land in QLD, with over 170 townhouses. Our by laws required that owners submit a photo of the animal when applying for permission to keep the animal. These photos were kept on file by the on site manager. I guess this was a type of “register”.This is what we avoided (105 townhouses on 11.4Ha) by amending our rules to give automatic permission for small numbers of certain sorts of animals subject to various conditions. The EC was not interested in the bureaucracy of keeping a file of photos and playing police-man. Previous pet rules were poorly complied with anyway. If an animal becomes a nuisance, neighbours will quickly let us know whose animal it is. This leaves us only having to bother with permissions and record-keeping for rare instances of something out of the ordinary and only getting involved in actual problems.
Sir Humphrey – Unfortunately our large spread out townhouse scheme in QLD was largely leased for tourist accommodation, with very few resident owners. Tourists used to sneak their animals onto the scheme without approval of the body corp or the particular Lot owner, and without the knowledge of the on site building manager.
Most resident owners were responsible pet owners. However, none of the resident owners knew which of the unfamiliar ‘wandering’ animals belonged to which tourist owner in which Lot.
Different methods of animal/pet control work for different scheme needs, I guess.
Hi.,
Good luck with your mediation. Taking people to a meeting is one thing but sometimes the outcome may not be what you expect. My advice remain calm regardless of insults etc, steer the discussion to the problem rather than the emotion of the situation comes with experience when confronted with such situations. Made sure you evidence as to how you going to control your pet within the strata scheme.
Guide dogs and cold fish are about the only allowable pet in most strata schemes in nsw. Most strata schemes will not allow pets such as dogs, chickens, snakes,spiders.
The OC of the scheme may impose strict restricts of your animals in the common area of the property.
Kind Regards.
Digby
@Digby said:
Guide dogs and cold fish are about the only allowable pet in most strata schemes in nsw. Most strata schemes will not allow pets such as dogs, chickens, snakes,spiders.This is just not true. There are thousands of cats and dogs in strata schemes across NSW and there will be even more in new buildings or existing schemes that adopt one of the new by-laws which default in favour of pets.
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