The strata at Tramonto in Burnaby has been ordered to pay an owner $1,975 after it made her replace her new blinds.
A Burnaby strata has been ordered to pay an owner nearly $2,000 after a dispute over the style of her window blinds.
After she changed the blinds, however, the strata told her the new window coverings violated the strata's bylaws, which say an owner will not install "any window coverings visible from the exterior of his or her strata lot which are different in size and colour from those of the original building specifications."
It also said her new blinds did not comply with its bylaws and it was therefore entitled to require Bevacqua to replace them.She ruled the strata had failed to establish Bevacqua had even breached the bylaws before demanding she replace the blinds. She also noted they bylaws don’t require owners to seek permission or get written approval to change their window coverings."I find the strata failed to establish Mrs. Bevacqua breached the bylaws with her new blinds but required her to replace them anyway, which was wrongful and burdensome," Stewart said.
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