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When hiring a good strata lawyer is a great idea

  • 20/05/2022
  • Author Jimmy-T

In this week’s Australian Financial Review I wrote about the value of good strata lawyers and the problems with bad ones. This was prompted by a chat with Amanda Farmer…

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    Forum: Angry tradie targets new unit owner

    • 17/05/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    Here’s a conundrum from way out of left field, and then some.  One of our Flatchatters has just received a final demand, and a threat of legal action, from a…

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      Podcast: Property battle on for young and old

      • 17/05/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      This week on the Flat Chat Wrap, as we approach the election, we are looking again at the various parties housing policies and wonder what they really mean. We recorded…

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        Overexposed strata chairs may hide from the Hub

        • 17/05/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Executive committees could be about to see a mass exodus of office-bearers as a new register of strata schemes takes effect in NSW next month, warn insiders. Simply put, some…

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          Webinar: Q&A with strata lawyer in the hotseat

          • 12/05/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          If you haven’t lost your zest for Zoom, even though many people are back in their offices, there’s a strata-related webinar you could check out this week. In a session…

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            All about EV: State’s new strata charging guide

            • 12/05/2022
            • Author Jimmy-T

            Proponents of electric vehicles are celebrating a huge step forward in the understanding and acceptance of electric vehicle charging in strata buildings after a tickets to a government co-sponsored webinar…

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              Strata secretary’s car torched – dramatic video

              • 10/05/2022
              • Author Jimmy-T

              A video has emerged of two thugs approaching the car belonging to the secretary of a strata scheme in Fairfield, Sydney, before one of them walks away and the car…

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                EV charging: Strata facts explained, myths exploded

                • 10/05/2022
                • Author Jimmy-T

                With the launch of the new electric vehicle charging website at the ‘Drive Electric – EV-ready Buildings’ webinar this week, one of the speakers, Owners Corporation Network (OCN) chair Fred…

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                  Forum: Was agenda rigged to scupper clean-up?

                  • 10/05/2022
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  Here at Flat Chat we love it when clever-clogs committee members manipulate meetings to get the result they want …  but then turn out to be not quite as smart…

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                    Podcast: Will exposure drive away office-bearers?

                    • 10/05/2022
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    Imagine you are the chair or secretary of a strata scheme.  You can cope with fielding a reasonable number of messages via the strata manager or building manager. It’s a…

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                      Election special: Home is where the votes are

                      • 10/05/2022
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      With Australia’s political parties throwing promises of cash around like lottery winners who forgot they didn’t want publicity, our national housing crisis has been one of the more significant targets…

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                        Travel bargains now listing on our sister website

                        • 04/05/2022
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        As we never tire of saying, one of the benefits of apartment living is that you can lock up and leave when you on holiday (pets permitting), knowing that everything…

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