PODCAST: Stratabox and building communities through communication
For years I have been struck by the irony of the connection (or lack thereof) between communication and community and how it seems to fall asunder at the doors of…
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Flat Chat Wrap #42 – Strata chatting, straight out of the box
For years I have been struck by the irony of the connection between communication and community falling asunder at the doors of apartment blocks. If there was anywhere that not…
Ticking clocks and closing windows – time to deal with defects
Towards the end of last century, around about the time state governments started allowing apartment block developers to appoint their preferred certifiers, launching the self-certification scandal, HIH Insurance collapsed. HIH…
Forum is working … after a ‘Lost Weekend’
The Flat Chat Forum reno has taken place … kind of … almost. The reason it all looks exactly the same as before is becasue it is. At first, the…
Flat Chat Wrap #41 – The future of apartments … bees vs locusts
We write and talk a lot about property developers in Flat Chat – not often in positive terms – but we rarely get the chance to hear their side of…
From the Forum: Airbnb budget by-law and four reno posers
We’re taking moment before our Forum questions this week to urge you not to miss the opportunity to get a cut-price, off-the-peg by-law to prevent Airbnb and other short-term holiday…
PODCAST: The buzz on strata – it’s locusts V bees
Are you a locust or a bee? Those are the divisions appearing between residents in Australia as many of us move from the more acquisitive, self-centred lifestyle typified by the…
Flat Chat Wrap #41 – The future of apartments … bees vs locusts
We write and talk a lot about property developers in Flat Chat – not often in positive terms – but we rarely get the chance to hear their side of…
Defects and maintenance on OCN meeting agenda
Members of strata committees concerned about defects or maintenance, or owners aspiring to join their committees, or even ordinary owners just hoping to keep their committees honest, should keep a…
Avoiding the fall-outs from flatpack furniture
Would you pay someone to assemble your flat-pack furniture? Is a trip to Ikea a big enough dent in an otherwise stress-free weekend without adding searches for lost screws and…
How to tell golden oldies from busted blocks
Last week we discussed the kind of surveys you need when you buy a new apartment. But what about older apartments? It’s not as if flats built more than 10…
Holiday letting register – new rules need real teeth
Last Wednesday (September 11) saw the closing date for submissons to Planning NSW regarding the propsed Code of Coduct, Holiday Letting Register and Fire Safety Regulations for short-term holiday lets. …