What should I put on my balcony?

[Deleted]

Not permitted (as of a few days ago)
Garbage bags, Garbage cans
Bicycles
Tires
boxes
cans
Vegetable gardens
Clotheslines
Christmas Lights
or any such items

Put a bed on the balcony.

[Ayla]

Put a bed on the balcony.

If I had single person bed, I would. But Inspection is tommorrow, thats too much money for a one day troll.

[Tyrgannus]

I too have a useless balcony. It's very small and very low. Anyone who felt inclined to climb up to it could. I put nothing out there for fear of theft.

[Wildtree]

That list..... it's actually quite the common list in almost all US apartment buildings. There's in fact reason to it.
Bear in mind, US residencies, with few exceptions are basically a step above cardboard boxes.
The buildings are made of wooden frames with some siding slapped on, on the outside, and the rest is drywall sheets, and usually wooden floors.
Those things go up in flames rather easy. And in case of a fire, the stuff on the balconies (which are usually too made of wood) is to be considered as well.

[Deleted]

If I had single person bed, I would. But Inspection is tommorrow, thats too much money for a one day troll.

Hm. Your list doesn't list feces. Take a shit on it.

[Ayla]

That list..... it's actually quite the common list in almost all US apartment buildings. There's in fact reason to it.
Bear in mind, US residencies, with few exceptions are basically a step above cardboard boxes.
The buildings are made of wooden frames with some siding slapped on, on the outside, and the rest is drywall sheets, and usually wooden floors.
Those things go up in flames rather easy. And in case of a fire, the stuff on the balconies (which are usually too made of wood) is to be considered as well.

The building is 90% cement.
Even the walls are cement. My balcony is cement and metal

Also: 11th floor

[Jeurda]

Not being able to grow vegetables out there is ridiculous, and no christmas lights?!?!

[Deleted]

still say you should get the giant inflatable phallus suit.

[Chirri]

A family friend lives in an apartment complex where you're not allowed to have any containers on your balcony, either. She thought they just meant "in sight," so tucked it in a place that was harder to see, but that was also a no-go. The area in question was on the first floor, so I dunno, maybe they were concerned about containers being used as drop locations for stuff?

I'd go with decorative hanging lights. Sort of like Christmas lights but clearly not.

[Wildtree]

The building is 90% cement.
Even the walls are cement. My balcony is cement and metal

Also: 11th floor

That's a very rare thing.. Are you in an old city on the East coast? Assuming you are in the US though.

That's the rule here, sadly not the exception:
http://media.mlive.com/kzgazette_imp...78881119d8.jpg
http://fraseropolis.files.wordpress....nstruction.jpg

[Ayla]

That's a very rare thing.. Are you in an old city on the East coast? Assuming you are in the US though.

That's the rule here, sadly not the exception:
http://media.mlive.com/kzgazette_imp...78881119d8.jpg
http://fraseropolis.files.wordpress....nstruction.jpg

Nope Canadian. Near Vancouver, BC
Nearly all my highrises here are cement. (at least the new ones)

[Wildtree]

Nope Canadian. Near Vancouver, BC
Nearly all my highrises here are cement. (at least the new ones)

Have you checked with the laws yet?
Usually Canada has much better protective laws for the people, than the US. Here it's basically almost all about the landlord with few exceptions.

And as rather serious suggestions:
Garden/Camping furniture.. That should not be prohibited.
Instead of Christmas lights, insect repelling lights.
Little lights to hang/stick that work with solar cells/batteries that start to light up when it gets dark.
Anything that's save and not a fire hazard, or causes bad smells that could bother neighbors.

[Conspicuous Cultist]

Princesses to rescue, obviously.

Now go kidnap a lady and have her be an ornament for your balcony like the olden times.

[Wildtree]

Princesses to rescue, obviously.

Now go kidnap a lady and have her be an ornament for your balcony like the olden times.

for some reason, that reminded me of this:

[Conspicuous Cultist]

for some reason, that reminded me of this:

Of course, how could I forget? Get a frenchman that'll taunt the inspector and make him go away. You can put him right next to the princess.

[Ayla]

Have you checked with the laws yet?
Usually Canada has much better protective laws for the people, than the US. Here it's basically almost all about the landlord with few exceptions.

And as rather serious suggestions:
Garden/Camping furniture.. That should not be prohibited.
Instead of Christmas lights, insect repelling lights.
Little lights to hang/stick that work with solar cells/batteries that start to light up when it gets dark.
Anything that's save and not a fire hazard, or causes bad smells that could bother neighbors.

Afaik, they have no legal basis in this claim. I have checked as well as spoken to my father who owns few townhouses he rents out. He told me to put things on the balcony.

[Annoying]

Sounds like the managment never heard of 'you attract more flies with honey than with vinegar'

they should post a list of acceptable items, and not acceptable items, and go from there. Threatening with eviction right off the bat is not very smart.

Always a relevant XKCD.

[Deleted]

Strew it with feminist porn. that'll put the willies up 'em.

[Deleted]

A tanning booth!

Anyway, who uses their balcony for storage? You should make it cozy!