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    Diana from Bondi said:

    … to build a deck across our flat, which stretches across the front of a six-unit apartment block (two flats at the front, four at the back). We would be building in common air space, etc. A real estate agent said if it is done well it will add value to the whole building…

    Hi Diana

    It is hard to picture what your apartment block looks like and if the proposed deck in common “air space” is above another unit.

    How can one deck add value to the whole building if it is only for one apartment?

    As Whale has explained there is much you need to do to get it approved then built to an acceptable standard.

    If I was going to be in an apartment underneath that deck I would veto it, because I would be worried that any future owners (and maybe even you) would not maintain it properly, even if it was built to cope with the sea air.

    Every year we hear of decks collapsing and people injured. Probably because those decks were old and overloaded at a party, but it happens.