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QUESTION: I work from home and I like to wander down to collect my mail in my pyjamas – snuggly jim-jams that cover me from slippers to chin and have bunnies on them.
Anyway, the other day I got a note saying I had breached a by-law about being dressed inappropriately on common property and if I did so again I could get fined $550. My friend said I could even be evicted. Is this true? – Sleepyhead, St Leonards.
ANSWER: Theoretically, if your EC can prove pyjamas are ‘inappropriate”, you could be fined for breaching a by-law. Also, breaking by-laws means you have breached the terms of your lease.
In reality, however, even the CTTT won’t fine you for wearing clothes that cover ten times more than the average teenage girl’s party gear. And, breach or not, your landlord would more than likely tell the Owners Corp where to go.
If you want to fight it, write to the Executive Committee and ask them what “appropriate” means. Or chuck on a pair of trackies and a hoodie when you do your postal run. Apparently looking like a street thug is appropriate dress for most occasions.
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