Crazy people. It’s just a traditional red roof.

Woman loses QCAT battle over neighbours’ complaints about roof painted wrong shade of red

A woman has been ordered to repaint her roof by a Queensland tribunal after neighbours complained the colour was “offensive”, “disturbing,” and “threatening”.

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) handed down its ruling today, following a three-year-long dispute between Maria Gourley and her body corporate.

It comes after Maria Gourley painted her roof “heritage red” instead of “Nutech coral” at her townhouse at The Gap, in March 2023.