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AI is very clever but not truly strata smart

  • 24/07/2025
  • Author Jimmy-T

AI chatbots can give you instant answers and they're mostly correct. However, they can only work if you ask the right questions

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    Forum: Tiles, tenants and a little sound advice

    • 17/07/2025
    • Author Jimmy-T

    Forum: When a Flatchatter's upstairs neighbour tiled their floor and then let the flat to noisy renters, the strata manager said there was nothing they could do.

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      When your committee ignores new strata laws

      • 17/07/2025
      • Author Jimmy-T

      RANT: Most of the new NSW strata laws are great - but what happens if your committee chooses to simply ignore them?

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        Podcast: How low-cost housing fix was lost

        • 11/07/2025
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Podcast: The state and federal governments had an opportunity to convert an old building into affordable homes but they were just too slow for this low-cost housing fix.

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          Forum: What’s the deal with new SCA contracts?

          • 10/07/2025
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Forum: Should you sign a new deal on an old SCA contract, taxation management fees, subsidising unpaid levies

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            RANT: Balcony laundry query blowin’ in the wind

            • 09/07/2025
            • Author Jimmy-T

            Do new strata laws mean it will be easier to pass by-laws allowing laundry on balconies? The answer, unlike your undies, is blowin' in the wind.

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              Podcast: Best reward for our critical workers

              • 03/07/2025
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Podcast: inspiration found in restored Warsaw for the best rewards for our critical workers - just like the Soviet Union did after WWII... only better.

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                RANT: Housing is too important for politicking

                • 02/07/2025
                • Author Jimmy-T

                In times of crisis we expect politicians to work together and there's no room for politicking when so many people can't afford decent housing.

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                  Big changes as new strata laws take effect

                  • 02/07/2025
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  The changes in NSW strata laws that take effect this week are big on transparency and accountability

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                    Billion dollar fund to get new blocks started

                    • 26/06/2025
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    The state government's billion buck funding guarantee is intended to free up loans for apartment developers

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                      Forum: Ups and downs of flooring insulation

                      • 25/06/2025
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      Forum: Two questions about sound insulation in flooring take over the forum this week, but from different directions - up and down.

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                        Podcast: Going Dutch on rent control & bikes

                        • 25/06/2025
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        Podcast: Jimmy and Sue spend a couple of days in Amsterdam and discover that rent control may not be a magic bullet solution to homelessness.

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