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@considerate band fair said:
Hi All, I believe in addressing both the asthetics as well as the practical and cost saving. What we have in our plan is an outdoor area with clothes lines that have screeenining walls. We also approve of drying of laundry on balconies and courtyards using a clothes horse so long as the height is not above the height of the balcony railing and NEVER is laundry to be hung over balcony railings. I think I have posted this previously. We need to consider first of all the appearance of our plan and property value, we do not wish to appear a shanty town but with increased electricity costs it would be just plain stupid to not dry laundry naturally.I believe the Strata Regulations are now changing to reflect this.
cdinoz, have you checked the bylaws for your plan? Look carefully at the wording you may not actually be in breach!
Cheers CBF
I also think the bigger complexes could actually sell “approved” floor standing lines from the building managing offices.
And in regards to checking the bylaws – yes, I have checked the small print. The actual small print is also on my actual lease contract, which I could probably win from a semantics perspective (and I do love how courts like being pedantic)…. is that our lease and the bylaws constantly talk about “balconies”.
Last time I looked outside my apartment, I was on the ground floor, and not entirely sure where my “balcony” hangs from – being on the ground?
If my lease stated “balcony / courtyard or other outdoor area” – I would agree I may be breaching by hanging washing outside… but as I live with a small “courtyard” and not a “balcony”….
Besides, after I had the last letter from the strata company along with a photo of my courtyard, I called the strata and asked for the name of the person who took the photo, as I was wanting to know who the “peeping tom” was, as I was taking the matter to the police.
Strangely, I haven’t heard anything since then….