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Expecting a horror heatwave we bought a portable air conditioner for about $600. Added to an extended window blocker (we have sliding doors) it works well but it’s as noisy as a Stalinist tractor.
Then for one of our offices we bought a Click evaporative air cooler which works on the same principle as the Coolgardie Safe but with a fan. Don’t expect a blast of Antarctic chill, but a gentle cooling breeze is all you need.
One of the assistants in Bunnings advised me not to buy it because the fan wasn’t very strong. Even so, Bunnings seems to have sold out and I’m not surprised. It only cost about $140 and does what we want, relatively quietly.
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Greenies will want to do this in their deluded belief that removing household gas will save the planet.
Interesting observations undermined by needless denialism. BTW, burning gas in your home is not great for your health, regardless of the planet’s.
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Unless a building has been designed to accommodate lifts, it would be virtually impossible, or horrendously impossible, to retrofit them.
There are companies that will fit clip-on lifts to the outside of older buildings, provided they can access landings on the other side of the external walls. Newer buildings could even look at using utility “cupboards” if they are stacked vertically. And anything over three or four storeys will surely have lifts anyway.
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Jimmy, you misinterpret my words,
Again. Now you have explained it, I see what you were getting at. For the record, I still regret to some extent having reached for the compromise. But sometimes you just have to take whatever wins you can get in order to move forward. And it was a win – in that we got what we wanted, although I am curious about what will happen the first time all the email addresses from a 350-unit block end up on a dodgy website somewhere.
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It would be useful if strata managers were penalised heavily for breaking the law.
I’ll drink to that. Strata managers are all influence without responsibility – the “prerogative of the harlot” I believe it’s called.
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The easiest and cheapest way of challenging this, may be to assemble all the facts, and then arrange for a legal opinion, from an experienced strata lawyer.
Or ask the chair, strata manager or building manager if there is a valid reason why this by-law was passed in the first place. You may find it was one influential person’s problem … or there are valid reasons.
You don’t have to go to the barricades on every issue.
As I’ve said before, my block has a similar ban and the majority of owners would rescind the by-law in a heartbeat if there weren’t issues with the power supply.
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The building’s design won an international environmental award, but yes, the developer did it all on the cheap and the roof won’t even support the solar panels we were supposed to have. It doesn’t matter how many residents get up in arms – if the transformer won’t support the power required the air-con can’t be permitted.
Strata law is right at the bottom of all other laws and can and will be superseded by any law that contradicts it.
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It would be interesting to hear how it was communicated to owners that if they didn’t join the tribunal action would be liable for legal costs. I’m assuming that if the tribunal action was unsuccessful then those who launched it would have been liable for the legal costs.
They would only have been liable for their share of the costs of the OC defending itself. They would still ahve to pay their share of their lawyers. However, by joining the “antis” they were spared having to share the costs of defending the action.
Tribunal cases are usually done on the basis of both sides paying their own costs – costs are only rarely awarded and then in very spesicific circumstance.
However, owners who go up against their strata scheme and win are spared having to pay for a share of the OC’s expenses, including the OC’s legal fees which have to be paid for by raising a special levy that excludes them.
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Most strata managers are not ignorant – many of them are well-trained and smart. However, if their bosses say, “whatever you do, don’t let the owners talk to each other,” what are they going to do?
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Answer I was given “Well you could have bought next to a car park”
By whom?
In any case, section 153 of the Act covers noise and nuisance. You could start by seeking mediation at Fair Trading in pursuit of an order telling them to recarpet their floor.
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As to the punctilious detail on what is also not allowed – all the stuff about drilling holes and visibility etc etc – I wonder if this goes back to what is now known as the Jo Cooper case which overturned a blanket ban on pets in her apartment block.
What’s the connection? It was the blanket nature of the ban that fell foul of the law, not the idea that any specific dog might be refused entry. Thus a blanket ban on aircon is also expressed in details that would render it impossible to install a system.
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If they aren’t getting back to you, go for it. But plan it well, start late, finish early and don’t have furniture and boxes blocking the stairs when other people are trying to use them. (I just realised you said there’s no lift).
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The simple answer is to look at your by-laws and check with your committee, strata manager or building manager. Some blocks require owners to book a move so that they can avoid the lifts being used when people need them most (e.g. when they are going to or from work). Some blocks also want the lifts to be protected with covers to prevent damage from furniture.
Installing a clothes line probably needs strata committee approval as it may be a minor renovation affecting common property. You might even have a by-law preventing drying clothes on balconies, so once again, checking your by-laws is where you start.
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