So You Want To Paint Your Condominium Townhouse Purple – Go For It!!
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Patricia Elia, B. COMM., LL.B.,
So You Want To Paint Your Condominium Townhouse Purple – Go For It!!
Elia Associates
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kay, I caught your attention. Condominium Owners generally take great pride in their homes. Often there is a desire to refresh, renew, and change the original unit, especially the outside. Sometimes we experience the “Purple Condo perspective”, where a unit owner wants to radically change the exterior of a unit to make it more aesthetically pleasing from their perspective. The challenge with doing this, of course, is the fact that this may not reflect the overall continuous aesthetic of adjacent neighbours and their perspective. While it is valuable to be different, condominium living does not lend itself easily to this expectation with respect to exterior finishes… and that is okay, especially when you have agreed to live in a condominium community where the expectations of everyone matters. Exterior renovations must be done in accordance with the Condominium Act, 1998 (the "Act"), the Declarations, Bylaws, and Rules. However, we also recommend very strongly that Boards adopt policies, procedures, and protocols around exterior renovations. This is proactive and intelligent corporate governance because it allows for transparency and fairness amongst
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