I have lived in the bottom floor of an apartment building for nearly 14 years, the neighbours one floor above me, whom I never speak to, have lived there for about 10 years or so.
I use an outdoor kitchen setup to do nearly all of my cooking and have been doing it since pretty much when I moved in. I don't cook inside because the house doesn't have the greatest ventilation.
Only recently has my neighbour started to become passive aggressive and dump water (and sometimes it has a chemical smell which may or may not be detergent) from their balcony to mine when I cook.
The foods I generally cook are Asian stir-fries or steaks with the occasional soup which produces little smell. It was today when I fried some garlic in my pan which triggered something in my neighbour causing them to pour what a believe is 5L of water + whatever is in it down onto my floor, I have plants along the perimeter of my balcony floor and I hope he/she isn't pouring down anything that will harm them.
The issue is that they have not personally complained about the smell of food nor approached me about anything. Also the fact that I do not know which of them is doing the pouring. They are a family of 5, two parents, two kids and a grandfather (I think).
I will be cooking later and am thinking about setting up a video camera from below so there is some video evidence of it happening.
I have not come to confront them yet but I was wondering if any of you have advice on what I should and shouldn't do in this scenario. Thanks guys!
What does the body corporate rules say about throwing water out the balcony. In our body corporate rules, that is a big NO and if you have evidence of someone doing that, take it to the body corporate and see if they'll sort it out.