For this episode, I want to talk about smoke drift in apartment blocks. It's a rule within Australia that most closed or enclosed spaces would no longer permit smoking. This is now getting adopted within strata communities; allowing strata communities to create rules that surround it. In standard by-laws or rules within strata communities, there are now rules or by-laws that provide a general provision on smoke drift which says that an occupier must not permit smoke drift to reach someone else's lot. If you are one who is concerned that it would reach another block.

You should consider altering activities so that you don't get a breach notice. Also, check open spaces within your lot that expose or allow smoke to drift to reach common property or someone else's lot.

Smoking within your lot that would risk reaching someone else's lot is a risk. And so, the responsibility is on the person who is smoking to be sensitive of this. Don't wait for a breach notice to be issued to you. Don't wait for someone to complain. Be proactive already so as to avoid this.

Because I am telling you now, smoke drift within apartment blocks is actually within by-laws, standard by-laws, and rules of the strata community. It's really just being proactive to make sure you don't have this issue.