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Forum: Can we hire tradies without paying SM?Interest rates down, tenants pets rights upAre you Sirius? Disputes plague iconic blockPodcast: Hot Seat Part 2 – Vexatious litigantsJapanese investors join Darling Harbour project
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Forum: Can we hire tradies without paying SM?

  • 23/05/2025
  • Author Jimmy-T

Forum: Can you hire a gardener directly? Advice needed on collective sale. Chair hates new air-con. Owners add a room. Drying carpets after upstairs fire.

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    Interest rates down, tenants pets rights up

    • 22/05/2025
    • Author Alexandra Brooks

    Hold onto your by-laws—two big shifts just hit the strata world. Interest rates came down and new tenancy rights came into effect. Pets and payments can no longer be ignored.

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      Are you Sirius? Disputes plague iconic block

      • 22/05/2025
      • Author Alexandra Brooks

      Financial disputes around Sirius developer JDH Capital is a stark warning: luxury apartment prices, and iconic buildings don’t guarantee financial stability.

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        Podcast: Hot Seat Part 2 – Vexatious litigants

        • 22/05/2025
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Podcast: In this second part of Lawyer in the Hot Seat, David Bannerman answers questions about vexatious litigants, internal disputes and embedded networks.

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          Japanese investors join Darling Harbour project

          • 17/05/2025
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Mirvac hopes to entice more Japanese investors as it plans 48-storey high rise for Darling Harbour in Sydney.

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            Forum: Who pays to fix lot owners’ balconies?

            • 15/05/2025
            • Author Jimmy-T

            Forum: Who pays to fix lot owners' balconies, proxy presentation in Vic, vegepod debate sprouts support and a simple fix for unfair SM contracts.

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              Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat – Part 1

              • 15/05/2025
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat Part 1 brings you lithium batteries, balcony Vegepods, black mould and underperforming strata committees

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                Strata manager myths exploded … well, kind of

                • 14/05/2025
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Many strata manager myths have been exploded in this Q&A with Pica boss Bobby Lehane. Some are still up for discussion.

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                  ‘Strata Trap’ manager first to be banned for life

                  • 14/05/2025
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  The strata manager who featured in the ABCTV Four Cornners Strata Trap episode was last week banned permanently and his company had its licence cancelled.

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                    Pigeons, private eyes and warranties that run out

                    • 14/05/2025
                    • Author Alexandra Brooks

                    When a new apartment owner found black mould in her flat the developer blamed pigeons, the owner was stalked by detectives and the defects warranties expired.

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                      Forum: My balcony veggie planter’s been banned

                      • 08/05/2025
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      Forum: Balcony veggie planter banned, $900k balcony repairs, townhouse driveway deemed lot property, fines for strata managers, bathroom ventilation.

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                        Podcast: Training wheels and manager myths

                        • 08/05/2025
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        Podcast: Training wheels for strata committees - the people have spoken - and strata manager myths, all in the Flat Chat Wrap.

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