From the Forum: Strata manager charges have 10 pages of “extras”
Your strata scheme is in disarray, the strata manager doesn’t know what they’re doing (or doesn’t care … or both). There hasn’t been a committee election for years and nobody…
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PODCAST 53 – a very happy, quirky Christmas
Last week’s podcast was such a gloomy affair, looking back at a pretty grim 2019, at least in strata terms, that we thought we’d lighten the mood a little by…
Same old story as phoenix frauds ‘exposed’ yet again
There’s much less fun than there ought to be in saying “we told you so” – possibly because it implies that the bad thing we told you was going to…
Boost the value of your block … and your unit
Real estate agents will tell you to buy the worst house in the best street because you can make the most of potential value by bringing the property up to…
From the Forum: Landlady too nice for her own good
There are times when I think some of our Flatchatters are just too nice for their own good. Take this week’s first correspondent whose tenant has been illegally parking his…
PODCAST 52 – Our strata year of living dangerously
It’s getting to the end of the year so we thought we’d look back at the last 12 months of apartment living in Australia. Unfortunately, there seem to be a…
Off-the-plan panic at the chocolate factory
Allegtions of “shape-shifting’ have raised their ugly face again, with a tale of off-the-plan owners not getting what they thought they had paid for when they finally moved into their new…
Stage a strata revolt without being revolting
There was a popular saying around at the end of the last century – “don’t get mad, get even”. However, as I often ask people who write to the Flat…
Flat Chat Wrap 51 – Email privacy, off-the-plan protections and owner revolts
Privacy, consumer protections and how to engineer radical change in your apartment block are the main topics for discussion in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast. A heated discussion in…
From the Forum: Email address privacy push
The Flat Chat forum has gone nuts this week with what must be close to a record number of new questions, many from first-time Flatchatters. But there’s one long-running dispute…
PODCAST : Email privacy, off-the-plan protection and power grabs
Privacy, consumer protections and how to engineer radical change in your apartment block are the main topics for discussion in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast. A heated discussion in…
Flat Chat Wrap 51 – Email privacy, off-the-plan protections and owner revolts
Privacy, consumer protections and how to engineer radical change in your apartment block are the main topics for discussion in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast. A heated discussion in…