IMHO: A quick strata fix is better than no fix
Subscribers to the Flat Chat Newsletter get a weekly dose of my personal musings on the topics of the week, along with our round-up of recent posts, so I though…
Subscribers to the Flat Chat Newsletter get a weekly dose of my personal musings on the topics of the week, along with our round-up of recent posts, so I though…
There’s a question in the Forum this week that touches on a nerve for me – and it’s about rules and regulations for committees. Now there are plenty of those…
One of Sydney’s most newsworthy apartment entities and another more notorious name have come together in an odd marriage of convenience to complete more than 500 apartments and ease the…
A coalition of 10 leading consumer and strata advocacy associations has called for a national public inquiry into the strata management industry, in the wake of the ABC TV Four…
We rolled the Wrap out a little early this week because it’s connected to the hottest topic in strata right now. Linton Besser, the reporter who brought you the Four…
There are all sorts of good reasons for having cameras mounted on common property in apartment blocks. Being able to see who’s coming and going at your front door would…
An overwhelming majority of renters would like to see Victoria’s proposed domestic energy efficiency laws spread across Australia. The results in a survey by renewable energy company Green are hardly…
Are your cooking and heating appliances giving your kids asthma? This week in the Flat Chat Wrap, Sue talks about a story she’s been chasing where families have found that…
Cancel your plans for Monday evening. ABC TV’s Four Corners is ripping the lid off the whole sordid business of strata exploitation in Australia and, if the promo for the…
Strife in strata is so often a case of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object that it’s hardly worth mentioning – but then someone comes up with a new…
Victoria is reversing its open slather policy on short-term holiday lets with new regulations to come into force at the start of next year that will tax holiday lets and…
The NSW government’s Customer Service department says Property Services and Strata Commissioner John Minns is “providing full support” to its inquiries following allegations surrounding his investments in a property management…