A 60 Minutes reporter has marched down to a local council meeting to try and stop his neighbours getting clear glass installed on their apartment balconies because he doesn't want to look at their bikes or washing.

Owners of five terrace homes being built in the suburb of Nedlands near Perth, WA want a condition that requires them to have frosted glass on their balcony removed.

The fight is much to the dismay of Australian journalist Liam Bartlett, who lives opposite the new development. 

Mr Bartlett went to a Nedlands Council meeting objecting to clear glass windows being put in as he believes he has already been accommodating enough to the council. 

The reporter objected to the move and said he didn't want to have to look at the residents' 'bikes' or 'washing'.  

It's not just the clear balconies aggravating Mr Bartlett, the 60 Minutes reporter also argued he had lost parking space and the development had brought 'more bins and less amenity'.

PerthNow reported Mr Bartlett's house was elevated behind his wall and had four windows which overlooked the new development.

'I don't know about you, but I'm not fond of looking out onto people's balconies and their bikes and their washing or whatever else they want to stick up on their balcony or what they're doing behind their balconies,' he said.

Mr Bartlett said the recommendation to allow clear glass was 'beyond the pale' - outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour.

'I can't understand why we paid rates for 29 years at that property. The first I hear about this is an email saying administration has recommended it,' he said.

The City of Nedlands approved the construction of five grouped homes, with one located on the corner of a Nedlands street and the others on an adjoining avenue in 2021. 

City staff are considering the condition imposed to use 'either opaque material or frosted glass' on the balcony window to be removed. 

They were all sold for $690,000 and are under construction, with council staff likely to approve clear glass windows stating street surveillance from the balcony by the way of using clear glass is 'a positive outcome'.

'Passive surveillance from the balcony on to (the streetscape) is a positive outcome, as it is generally a good planning principle to promote safety through providing opportunities for 'eyes on the street',' staff said.

One of the homeowners, Geoffrey Nathan said the condition for frosted glass was added after they had bought their homes individually and all the sales material reflected the glass would be clear.

Mr Nathan said it was a 'matter of aesthetics' and that frosted glass would cut off their natural light and clear view of the street.

Council staff estimated it would cost the city between $30,000 to $50,000 if the council refused to remove the condition with the owners taking the matter to the State Administrative Tribunal.

The council is scheduled to vote on whether or not to remove the condition at its August 23 meeting.