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i think the other responders have missed your point.
Some did, but then the discussion moved on to the general merits of drying clothes on balconies, But, true, there’s not much you can do about the behaviour of people in completely separate strata schemes. Even if they had a by-law banning laundry, no one who wasn’t an owner or tenant in that building could do anything about it.
It’s worth noting that the model by-laws for new buildings seem to have changed in this regard, with the default position to be to allow washing to be dried on the balcony. Section 14 “Hanging out of washing” says in item 2,
An owner or occupier of a lot may hang washing on any part of the lot other than over the balcony railings. The washing may only be hung for a reasonable period.
Compare that with the model by-laws for pre-1996 blocks, which say in Section 10:
An owner or occupier of a lot must not, except with the consent in writing of the owners corporation, hang any washing, towel, bedding, clothing or other article on any part of the parcel in such a way as to be visible from outside the building other than on any lines provided by the owners corporation for the purpose and there only for a reasonable period.
That’s another change that’s been quietly introduced via the Regulations.
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