A fed-up tenant outraged hundreds after sharing the latest ‘un-hinged’ memo from his strata committee, which implored all residents to ‘chop quietly’ in their own kitchens.
The Sydney man, who claims similarly out-of-touch memos regularly circulate his apartment building, decided to share the latest notice on Facebook.
‘Christmas Cheer from your Strata Committee’, he captioned the photo, in a tongue-in-cheek effort to make light of the infuriating note.
‘One for your enjoyment, and yes this is a real request from our strata,’ he wrote.
‘Living harmoniously within a strata scheme requires all occupiers to be aware and considerate of each other,’ the note begins.
It continued to claim there had been numerous reports of ‘noises’ within the building – before highlighting key ‘examples’.
These included ‘unnecessary kitchen noises’ like heavy chopping, banging of pots, motorised appliances and floor thumping.
The letter highlighted the first by-law in red, which states that occupiers are not to make any noise which interferes with the peaceful enjoyment of others in the block.
A fed-up tenant outraged hundreds after sharing the latest ‘un-hinged’ memo from his strata committee, which implored all residents to ‘chop quietly’ in their own kitchens
‘Many of us are unaware that some of the sounds we tend to make reverberate across apartments, especially from kitchens,’ the note continued.
The committee then called for owner/occupiers to minimise the noise from their apartments and thanked them in advance for their ‘cooperation’.
The man’s furious reaction was echoed by dozens of others who’d found themselves in similar scenarios.
The man said he had lived in the building for years and rarely noticed noise from other apartments.
He believes one particular owner is behind most of the passive-aggressive notes.
‘This person needs to find a 100-acre block to live on… though they’d probably just complain about the possums and wombats then,’ one woman replied.
‘Oh we love living close to the city, if only it was quieter,’ another wrote, sarcastically.
‘How dare you use your kitchen for the purpose of survival, and exactly what it was designed for,’ added a third.
Others were confused by the so-called rules and how kitchen noise was deemed an ‘interruption’.
‘Unnecessary kitchen noise? What do you mean, you kind of have to chop stuff there,’ a woman ranted.
Another encouraged those behind the notes to include what ‘normal hours’ are.
The man claimed the note was aimed at renters in the block and said they were often posted as a way to vilify non-owners in the building.
He also clarified that the noise complaint wasn’t pointed at him as he had been away when the note was handed out.