JT
(to put it in context I live in a stand alone house)
Consider he council worker who comes and takes my garbage. yes he is doing work, but the street is not considered to be a place of work under the act.
One needs to read the act and the definitions of a workplace . Otherwise everything would be a workplace.
BTW your apartment is your workplace since you work from there. Do you have an evacuation plan? I mean one thats documented and then tested?