Forum: Scooter boost, plant ban and free reno
There are two major movements in strata, regarding electric vehicles. One is related to the population getting older, the other is our belated rush to embrace electric vehicles. Both of…
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JimmyT’s comfort food kitchen: mashed potatoes
I’d been wondering how many people have actually read my Comfort Food Kitchen recipes so I checked and was astonished to find out that last week 109 of you went…
Podcast: Pet regs, kid noise, renos and rants
There’s a lot to get through in this week’s podcast, not least the new regulations on pets in strata which replace the now defunct blanket bans on pets. Even so,…
Strata basics – who does what, when and why?
At times like these, when our worlds have been turned upside down and everything seems to be changing around us, it’s often a good idea to recentre, recalibrate and get…
New regulations shift onus to strata-friendly pets
It’s not too obvious at first, but the new strata scheme pet regulations published this week by NSW Fair Trading put the onus firmly on pet owners not to introduce…
Queensland to confront ‘toxic’ strata culture
Thinking of investing in a unit in Covid-free Queensland? Be careful. It seems those familiar helicopter shots of glittering high-rise apartment blocks marching up the sands of Gold Coast beaches…
Strata owners slam NSW Health ‘confused mess’
With yet another “tightening” of lockdown restrictions for greater Sydney, and once again the specific needs of apartment residents being ignored, the peak group for apartment owners in NSW has…
Virus rages unchecked – and so does anger at renos
“Just stay home … don’t go out … work from home if you possibly can,” say the Premier, the Health Minister and anybody else tasked with enforcing our lockdown. And…
New pet-friendly strata laws about to bite
A change in NSW strata law that comes in next week will radically alter the default position on pets in NSW strata schemes, bringing relief to pet owners and some…
Forum: In strata everyone can hear you scream
There’s a couple of issues that merit close examination this week. The first is the plight of someone stuck at home and unable to get a minute’s peace because of…
You can’t be too clean with Covid-19 lurking
I have never been crash-hot on domestic cleaning. My natural indolence was once reinforced by a country farming woman who told me that she kept her house spotlessly clean, which…
JimmyT’s comfort food kitchen: Guacamole
Several years ago, I was paying for my small selection of groceries at a convenience store in Kings Cross, Sydney, when I noticed a young woman from Backpacker Central Casting…