Jimmy-T – FLAT CHAT

Avo toasted! Banks are watching your spending

NEWS: Back when DJs meant dinner jackets or David Jones department store, you saved for a deposit. Now banks want to know what you're spending.

The laws on holiday lets are complicate, arcane and ignored ... and in the midst of a housing crisis, the State government is doing nothing.

Downsizing to apartment living applies to just about everything in your home, from furniture to fridges ... but what about your car?

Outstanding broadcaster and the man who put Flat Chat on the radio James Valentine passed away this week - with a final message for us all.

The fur flew when dog owners demanded their right to have their pets in apartments. Cats, ,meanwhile, didn't need anyong to fight their corner.

Forum: Fast-track reno approval. Strata manager wants postal election, funds for by-law breaches and qualified request ignored.

Randwick City Council in Eastern Sydney has said 'no more" to government approval for ten times as many student flats as family homes.

QUIRKY: buy a whole town for $400 k, or a tassie house with its own jail and the suburbs to avoid if you're thinking of buying an electric car.

News: Stagflation is the buzzword in all the economic chat these days. But what does it mean? We use strata as an illustration... and a warning.

Comment: If young people are moving out of the Eastern Suburbs in droves, what's going to happen to all the apartment residents left behind?

At last, apartment owners can recalculate the levy charges in mixed-use buildings without spending more on lawyers than they could ever save.

Forum: Driver damage to be covered by strata insurance, living below a leaky balcony and the illegal charges imposed on pet lovers.