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Sam Goldwyn famously said verbal agreements aren't worth the paper they're printed on. But then he didn't live in Strata in NSW.
Sounds to me like Mr Strata is right about the visual aspect of the building being the key to having these removed. The question of cost is interesting … if they were built into common property, with or without permission, then the OC would have to foot the bill now that the original installers have moved on. But is an open window (which is how these units have been installed) common property? I'll leave the answer to than to those wiser than I.
Personally, I would be looking at this as a big picture issue – you want your building to look better from the outside and you need, therefore, to establish a standard for air con installation. Once you've done that, I would think it's perfectly reasonable for the OC to pay for the old air con's removal and let the individual owners pay for their own compliant installation.