Forum: Can we hire tradies without paying SM?
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.
Interest rates down, tenants pets rights up
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.
Are you Sirius? Disputes plague iconic block
Financial disputes around Sirius developer JDH Capital is a stark warning: luxury apartment prices, and iconic buildings don’t guarantee financial stability.
Podcast: Hot Seat Part 2 – Vexatious litigants
Podcast: In this second part of Lawyer in the Hot Seat, David Bannerman answers questions about vexatious litigants, internal disputes and embedded networks.
Japanese investors join Darling Harbour project
Mirvac hopes to entice more Japanese investors as it plans 48-storey high rise for Darling Harbour in Sydney.
Forum: Who pays to fix lot owners’ balconies?
Forum: Who pays to fix lot owners' balconies, proxy presentation in Vic, vegepod debate sprouts support and a simple fix for unfair SM contracts.
Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat – Part 1
Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat Part 1 brings you lithium batteries, balcony Vegepods, black mould and underperforming strata committees
Strata manager myths exploded … well, kind of
Many strata manager myths have been exploded in this Q&A with Pica boss Bobby Lehane. Some are still up for discussion.
‘Strata Trap’ manager first to be banned for life
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.
Pigeons, private eyes and warranties that run out
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.
Forum: My balcony veggie planter’s been banned
Forum: Balcony veggie planter banned, $900k balcony repairs, townhouse driveway deemed lot property, fines for strata managers, bathroom ventilation.
Podcast: Training wheels and manager myths
Podcast: Training wheels for strata committees - the people have spoken - and strata manager myths, all in the Flat Chat Wrap.