My SO and I just had our offer accepted for purchase of a two bedroom unit- I was beaming from ear to ear this morning as it we are first home buyers.
We own two cats, so naturally we are required to get permission through strata/body corporate...verbally we had been told by a past member of the board that they generally have no issues with indoor pets and turn a blind eye to any outside???
I found this a little odd.. however our pets are like part of the family so it was important to go down the right avenues.
So long story short, we request that we keep them, they are indoor, quiet temperaments, our unit is at the back of the block , our balcony is away from all others etc and they say NO. Apparently three members are on the commitee- one said it was ok. We then ring the Strata manager again, who says to email a plea so we send a letter plus kitty resume and are literally sitting here miserably as we feel it was a reasonable request, which the bylaws state they cant say no to an "unreasonable request".
We also spoke to the agent and asked if the owner has any pull on the commitee as we will raise our offer an extra $2K...
So short of banging my head against a brick wall, does anyone have any further suggestions? How can I prove they are being unreasonable? and before someone else buys the property!!! surely they have to provide a better answer than just no?????
I hope this all made sense
We own two cats, so naturally we are required to get permission through strata/body corporate...verbally we had been told by a past member of the board that they generally have no issues with indoor pets and turn a blind eye to any outside???
I found this a little odd.. however our pets are like part of the family so it was important to go down the right avenues. So long story short, we request that we keep them, they are indoor, quiet temperaments, our unit is at the back of the block , our balcony is away from all others etc and they say NO. Apparently three members are on the commitee- one said it was ok.
We then ring the Strata manager again, who says to email a plea so we send a letter plus kitty resume and are literally sitting here miserably as we feel it was a reasonable request, which the bylaws state they cant say no to an "unreasonable request".We also spoke to the agent and asked if the owner has any pull on the commitee as we will raise our offer an extra $2K...
So short of banging my head against a brick wall, does anyone have any further suggestions? How can I prove they are being unreasonable? and before someone else buys the property!!! surely they have to provide a better answer than just no?????
I hope this all made sense
