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Forum: Would you let an American staffy in?

  • 01/12/2023
  • Author Jimmy-T

We have all become used to the idea that you can’t ban all pets or even all dogs from your strata block, but can you ban them selectively? The theory…

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    Lock up and leave: Sue wins travel writing award

    • 30/11/2023
    • Author Jimmy-T

    We’re celebrating in Flat Chat central this week as our very own Sue Williams has won the Australian Society of Travel Writers award for the best travel news story of…

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      Mascot owners’ plan to walk away is blocked

      • 30/11/2023
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Owners in the Mascot tower have failed in their efforts to have the collective sale of the block authorised so that they could sell the site to the highest bidder…

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        Podcast: Star-struck buyers, Mascot misery

        • 29/11/2023
        • Author Jimmy-T

        It’s a packed Wrap this week with a lot happening in and around strata. Global credit rating and data analysis agency Equifax – the people who measure how many of…

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          Buyers will pay more for five-star rating – survey

          • 28/11/2023
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Sixty per cent of apartment buyers say they would pay more for apartments if they were more confident of the build quality and were sure that the contractor or building…

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            No smoke without ire in vicious balcony battle

            • 28/11/2023
            • Author Jimmy-T

            When Flatchatter Sorrel (not her real name) tried to do something about smoke drift from her new neighbours’ balcony into her home she found herself in a year-long battle that…

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              Forum: SC members get $5K cards for spending

              • 24/11/2023
              • Author Jimmy-T

              How much do you trust your committee members?  Would you give them or even just your office-bearers each a $5k debit card so they could pay bills as and when…

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                Parking madness and the race for visitor spaces

                • 23/11/2023
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Every so often we conduct semi-serious polls on the Flat Chat website; they’re far from scientific but they do offer some insight into the collective strata mindset. Recently, we asked…

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                  Lock up and Leave: It just has to be Japan

                  • 23/11/2023
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  We usually have a bit of a debate about our pick of the week but the one that jumps out at us this time around is a small-group luxury tour…

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                    New strata laws ease through NSW parliament

                    • 23/11/2023
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    The most radical shake-up of strata law in Australia since the current Act came into force in 2016 could, at a push, be in place by Christmas. Changes to NSW’s…

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                      Chandler’s power boost as phoenixing under fire

                      • 23/11/2023
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      Dodgy developers who use phoenixing schemes to defraud apartment buyers and deprive them of their legal rights will suffer another blow next week when the NSW parliament is expected to…

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                        Podcast: Designer blocks and Broadway shocks

                        • 21/11/2023
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        In this week’s Flat Chat Wrap we talk about the proposal to introduce architectural pattern books in NSW. Will they mean even more cookie-cutter apartment blocks or will  it simply…

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