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Quirky: $1m cottage a fixer-upper or knocker-downer?

  • 24/09/2026
  • Author Jimmy-T

Quirky: Stars drop their sales prices, ruins attrct ridiculous bids and rough sleepers told there's no room in Broken Hill.

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    Forum: Neighbouring block car parking grab

    • 24/09/2026
    • Author Jimmy-T

    Forum: Neighbours take rogue parking to a new level by putting a gate in the fence to make access to their illegally parked cars easier.

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      NEWS: The unaffordability blame game kicks off

      • 24/09/2026
      • Author Jimmy-T

      NEWS; House prices are falling but not fast or far enough for the homeless and all the experts have different takes on why that is.

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        Complaints reveal horrific state of Qld strata

        • 24/09/2026
        • Author Jimmy-T

        A strata advice hotline has exposed the extent and depth of the problems in Queensland's corrupted body corporate system

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          All the property news you’ll ever need

          • 23/09/2026
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Every week we curate the apartment stories and cull the rest. This is what a whole day's unedited news from Leftfield communications looks like

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            Forum: Land grab, tree shade and a rejected ramp

            • 17/09/2026
            • Author Jimmy-T

            Forum: All that plus the neighbours who've cut through the fence from their block to install a gate and use the adjoining scheme's visitor parking.

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              Quirky: Property-mad Aussies will buy anything

              • 17/09/2026
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Quirky: Ruined homes, haunted houses, tiny lots, jail cells and spaceships - no matter how weird and wonderful, someone somewhere wants to buy it.

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                ATO cracking down on Airbnb-for-me properties

                • 17/09/2026
                • Author Jimmy-T

                The ATO crackdown on tax breaks for short-term lets used by their owners for personal holidays could cost Airbnb hosts thousands of dollars.

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                  NEWS: More women choosing flats for safety

                  • 17/09/2026
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  NEWS: Melbourne women choose flats over houses for security reasons - could we see female-only unit blocks? Plus all the other apartment news.

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                    Forum: Why ‘compulsory’ training is anything but

                    • 13/09/2026
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    Forum: Why committee training lacks bite, insurance won't pay injury claim in full, boxes stacked in parking space, aren't all balconies common property?

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                      Webinars: Difficult owners and tricky committees

                      • 13/09/2026
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      Bannermans Lawyers are taking registrations for their free webinars on how to deal with difficult owners and making your committee work better.

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                        Quirky: Panic room and safe places for pussies

                        • 13/09/2026
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        QUIRKY: Multi-million-dollar mansions for sale, parrots in peril, pub pokie losers cast shade on housing, payment system won't take rent or levies.

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