Blue Swimmer said:
It’s not hard for someone fit enough to ride a bike to carry it up stairs. Jerry Seinfeld does it in New York. I’m guessing they would rather clutter up the common property than their own apartment.
Really? Like parking them on their balcony, perhaps? Always an attractive look.
Actually, this feeds into the discussion HERE about the wisdom (or otherwise) of letting things go.
Any building these days should have a safe and secure area for parking bikes. Timilla should lobby her EC and Owners Corp for the provision of one since there is an obvious need.
Having bikes chained to railings isn’t the greatest crime in strata (especially if they aren’t actually obstructing anyone) but neither is it ideal for the reasons mentioned by Blue Swimmer.
If there is a genuine obstruction of the passageway, they should be parked somewhere else. If not, and they aren’t breaching any other by-law, the bikes should be left alone until such time as the Owners Corp provides a bike rack.
One other point, Timilla clearly isn’t an ‘absentee landlord’ – he or she is around and taking an interest and, for my money, there’s nothing wrong with owners sticking up for their tenants when they think they are right.