Forum: Family’s 20-year control of block challenged
Forum: Family ignores strata law to rule block, developer-appointed manager ignores owners, and a stack of updates on your questions.
News: Down-sizing to suit the grown-up kids
NEWS: Property-hungry kids, piggybacked power strips, AI influencing home buying, off-the plan warnings, Bathla sell-off and sea-change shocks.
Quirky: Bear’s hideaway from Brand blushes
Quirky: Bear Grylls' island hideaway, homeowners embrace battery power, Burley Griffin house for sale, Princess Di's cottage on market.
Building insurance change a mixed blessing
Change to Home Owners Warranty Insurance will shift low-rise blocks into the bond scheme but remove the right for developers to vote on defects decisions.
Stairway to strife: tribunal scraps steps approval
Tribunal ruling proves that when you want to make changes that intrude into common property, you must take all the right steps (ouch!)
Levies shock – don’t blame the strata manager
When your levies are rising as fast as your mortgage payments, resist the temptation to sack the one person who might help reduce costs.
Forum: Key safe refused over Airbnb fears
Forum: Key safe rejected, committee wants too much reno info, un-swapping keys with a neighbour, committee elections and personal safety puzzle.
News: Valuable lesson learned at School of Renos
NEWS: Investors in a School of Renos flat bought a unit for just over $1m. Since then property prices have plummeted. So how did they fare at auction?
Quirky: Architect burned by town gas cut-off
Quirky: Architect left high and dry by town, gas cut-off, ghost homes in the burbs, prison won't escape redevelopment and couple takes to the water.
How to spot a Strump in your strata scheme
If a power-hungry, deceitful, manipulative narcissist can become president of the USA, surely one could rule your strata block - but would you care?
Forum: Refurbs vetoed and views blocked
Forum: Dangerous precedents, blocked balcony renos, mobile phone towers demand, privacy hedge blocking view, and rising costs of lift refurbs.
Quirky: Ronan Keating’s $6m home demolition
Quriky: Songster's $6m knock-down rebuild, where to go when you're dumped, a religious college building for sale, and an iconic Aussie snack survives 30 years in a freezer.