Our political climate scamming zealots are taking us back to the 1950’s when we did not have the comforts we have come to enjoy but due to their stupidity and love for renewables we must forsake these comforts.
‘Fury has erupted after residents of a Sydney unit complex were asked to turn off their airconditioners overnight.
Placed inside the elevator of the 18-level apartment building, the letter states that airconditioning can only be used “during the following times”.
“Weekdays 7am to 10pm, weekends and public holidays 8am to 10pm,” it reads.
“At other times than this, please turn off your air conditioners, especially after 10:00 PM every day.”
The person who posted the note said she had never seen anything like this in the 10 years of living in the building. Photo: Facebook
One resident who has lived in the 1960s building for 10 years said it was the first time she had heard of such a request.
“Can anyone please let me know if this is legal? Can they actually force people to not run their own AC units?” she asked in a renters Facebook group.
The request drew the ire of many other renters.
“Anyone else feel like we are in a Nanny State?” one person said.
“To be honest with 30°c nights they can pry my aircon from my cold dead heads,” another said.
Others pointed out that it may not be a request solely from strata management, with local councils enforcing noise pollution restrictions that affect airconditioners.
Councils have rules around when noisy items can be used. Here is the City of Sydney’s list.
City of Sydney, Inner West, and Penrith councils are among the local governments requiring domestic airconditioners to be turned off from 10pm to 7am during the week and until 8am on the weekend – the same time requested on the letter.
Inner West Council recommends residents and developers purchase high-quality airconditioners that won’t cause a noise nuisance to neighbours.
“Even if you’ve been told that it complies with noise requirements, it doesn’t mean it’s going to suit every location all the time,” its website reads.
Some renters mused that the building’s developers may have not opted to purchase quieter machines.
“I think the strata builders got a bit cheap and installed less expensive aircons and therefore they are too loud. Bet if they had decent ones, the tenants wouldn’t have to suffer hot nights because of the noise,” one person wrote.