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Well, I'm not licensed in Scotland Tom Send a noteboard - 19/11/2013 03:04:02 PM

Based on general legal principles that would apply in the United States, renting out a home is not in any rational world considered a "business" use. Unless Scotland has gone batshit crazy, it's a total waste of your time to engage in such casuistry. The apartment (or "flat" as you call it, despite the fact that it appears to have three dimensions) is going to be inhabited by someone living there. If you said the owner was going to turn it into a Bengali restaurant you'd have a good zoning case. As it is, I doubt it. Same thing with getting a permit for "change of use".

If, however, there is a legally binding requirement that the owner get permission from all apartment owners to make the change for the door, why don't you just refuse to give the permission on the grounds that you are concerned about your child's safety and be done with it? If she doesn't stop after that, seek an injunction on those grounds.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

*MySmiley*
This message last edited by Tom on 19/11/2013 at 03:04:39 PM
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