Aluminum pergola/ShutterStock
An interesting ruling recently issued ordered the owner of an apartment in Tel Aviv to dismantle at his own expense a pergola he built from wood on the balcony of his apartment - because it exceeds the guidelines set by the representatives of the apartment owners in the building for the construction of an aluminum pergola.
A recent ruling states: uniformity in pergolas is not a recommendation. At the end of last week (March 27, 2024), the real estate inspector in Tel Aviv, Daganit Katzir Berin, issued a ruling ordering the owner of an apartment in the Gindi TLV project - to dismantle at his own expense a pergola he built out of wood on the balcony of his apartment.
The inspector accepted the house representative's claim that in building the wooden pergola - the apartment owner deviated from the representative's page of instructions, which allowed the apartment owners to erect shading pergolas on the balconies - provided that it was made of aluminum in the same shape, color and architecture, and did not exceed the limits of the zero line of the balcony.
"The inspector rejected the apartment owner's claim of discrimination and harassment, and accepted the representation's claim regarding the need for uniform and identical visibility of the pergolas on the balconies," notes attorney Guy Mashiach, who represented the apartment owners' representation.
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