In-built pet care is the latest apartment lure
There was a time when pets were banned from apartment buildings - now luring pet-owners with fur-baby facilities is big business.
Forum: Entitled to be angry over unfair levies
The vexed question of unfairly distributed Unit Entitlements - leading to unfairly collected levies - has been hotting up the Flat Chat Forum, this week.
Co-living brings the high life closer to home
Small studio flats with large shared spaces in even bigger blocks could be the next big idea in affordable homes.
Mind the gap as unit prices rise but houses fall
The gap between the median house prices and apartment prices is narrowing as units keep going up but houses start to slip.
Podcast: Bank rate hogwash, strata dog wash
A new trend in affordable co-living, the narrowing gap between house and apartment prices, why economists deal with pie in the sky, and dog washing bays in unit blocks.
Forum: Conflicting views on strata self-interest
Is there a conflict of interest when you vote for something that only benefits you? Plus changing UEs, who pays for a broken intercom, and private property stored in a…
Has Govt given green light to more red tape?
The NSW government has announced a program for developers with plans to build homes quickly to take advantage of rezoning in key areas - if they can be approved by…
Podcast: Fast track flats put Nimbys on notice
The Flat Chat Wrap podcast returns as we take a look at a plan to fast-track flats with another level of planning approvals, Airbnb parties gone OTT and a new…
Forum: Is this new proxy farming voter fraud?
The new proxy farming, not refunding unneeded special levies, dealing with an added asbestos shed and revealing defects to potential buyers - all in this week's Forum.
Poll votes reveal two distinct faces of strata
Our online poll has revealed two different communities that need support in strata - long-suffering old hands and naive newbies who may not know what they're getting into.
Podcast: Strata struggles will still be alive in 25
Jimmy and Sue look forward to what 2025 might hold for strata owners and residents - the good, the bad and the ugly truth... if we ever get to hear…
Forum: Growing pains for a strata garden
Anti-garden complaint, what happened to the Netstrata inquiry, informing owners about NCAT actions, combining strata loans and special levies.