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Hi Jimmy, good post. I recently read that balcony bbq’s are a leading cause of fire in apartment blocks in the UK. So the issue can create much greater problems than just someone’s burnt snag. I recently had this issue in Qld where the neighbor below placed his bbq on his balcony under my own.
Fortunately I had just shifted my washing from there but it did come straight into my bedroom and I first noticed it when sitting in another room so it was annoyingly smokey. Fortunately in a round about way I directly advised the bbqers wife and it hasn’t been repeated.
Hostile responses might include putting a smoke alarm on your balcony edge and if it goes off just let it ring out while you slip out for a coffee, or screaming fire and drenching it from your place with a curtain of water or cranking up your own stereo – immature for sure, but if they can expresss themself with smoke signals maybe you can too in your own way?
Our place has recently purchased a community use bbq so with that available and being located out of the way that might even be the better option.