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We seem to be talking slightly at cross-purposes here. There is a requirement to notify the Owners Corporation (or Executive Committee, more likely) 14 days before any work that affects common property (which would be likely to be just about anything that was going to make noise). The EC has a window of opportunity then to ask questions like, what’s happening with the rubble, are you planning to use the lifts etc etc and, in so doing, ask the renovator to limit the hours of work in exchange (for instance) for allowing them to use the lifts to move materials in and out.
Ironically, I got a note yesterday saying there would be work starting in two days on one of our top-floor apartments. That said, we have by-lawed restrictions on when drilling and power-hammering can happen and that has to be done in one four-hour block per week. It’s up to the renovators then to organise their work schedule so that the noise, though unavoidable, doesn’t end up starting and stopping for days and people like me can escape to local cafes.