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JimmyT said:
Firstly, it depends on how old the block is. In NSW, if it was registered before 1974, the windows and sliding doors are probably your problem.
At the risk of starting an argument with myself, I have amended the above statement in the answer below because I think it wasn’t precisely correct.
In 1974, strata law was changed. Previously the line defining common property was in the middle of structures (such as external walls). Thus the balcony doors were considered lot property because the outer edge of the balcony was the common property line, but windows – well, it depends where they were.
If they were on the outside of the wall, they would probably be common property. If they were recessed behind the mid point of the wall, they might well be lot property. Oh, and if the original plan defined them as one thing or the other, that’s what they would still be now.
Simple? Of course not, but as a general rule of thumb, pre-1974 balcony doors probably are lot property and pre ’74 external windows probably aren’t.