# Neighbours called it ‘alien’ and ‘jarring’. Now a tribunal has ordered a homeowner to repaint her bright red roof

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/neighbours-called-it-alien-and-jarring-now-a-tribunal-has-ordered-a-homeowner-to-repaint-her-bright-red-roof/
- Published: 2026-11-03T03:37:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T04:03:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16260503/brisbane-red-roof-body-corporate-legal-battle.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Paranormal, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- A tribunal upheld the order to repaint Gourley’s red roof.
- She must cover the cost and use Nutech Coral.
- The dispute centred on the complex’s by-laws and appearance.

## Summary

Maria Gourley has been ordered to repaint her bright red roof after Queensland’s Civil and Administrative Tribunal upheld her townhouse complex’s body corporate decision that the colour breached its by-laws. The ruling means she must pay for the work herself, following a three-year dispute over whether her roof’s appearance was inconsistent with the complex.

Gourley painted the roof in March 2023 at her home in The Gap, Brisbane, one of 64 townhouses managed under a community titles scheme. After two breach notices, the body corporate sought adjudication and 13 neighbours supported its objection; the adjudicator ordered a compatible colour, and QCAT dismissed Gourley’s appeal. Senior member Richard Oliver said it was reasonable to find the red visibly different from the other roofs, and ordered her to repaint it in Nutech Coral within three months.

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