Blues Point owners lose big bucks in reno blue
When the owners in Blues Point Tower hired a builder to repair their deteriorating windows, their big bucks contract also needed fixing
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RANT: Build-to-rent flats offer real choice
Build-to-rent is a scary prospect for traditionalists mainly because it offers real choice in an unforgiving property market
Forum: Total EV ban supporters in for a shock
Forum: Blanket bans on EV charging, committee weaponised by feuding owners, when noisy neighbours don't breach by-laws by enough.
Podcast: Is this the end of balcony laundry bans?
Podcast: The NSW government may have inadvertently sparked a war over drying laundry on your balcony with new laws about sustainability infrastructure.
RANT: Unenforceable laws worse than no laws
There are new strata laws coming in ... but if some are unenforceable, aren't they worse than no laws at all?
Forum: Ghosted by our sulking strata manager
Forum: When your scheme is ghosted by the SM. Can you renovate in flat pack unit blocks? Fire safety upgrades are nothing to be scared of.
Podcast: New strata laws – the best and the rest
PODCAST: Jimmy and Sue put the incoming strata laws to the test with SCA-NSW president Robert Anderson.
RANT: New laws mean little without test cases
Changing strata law is a start but our new Strata Commissioner needs to use the financial heft of the State to run test cases and establish precedent.
Forum: Why buy into a strata dictatorship?
Forum: Avoiding a strata dictatorship, invoices seem to show committee rort, fire safety overcaution danger, and your right to see the strata roll.
New strata commissioner starts with first scalp
The new NSW strata commissioner already has one scalp in his efforts to rid the sector of bad actors, shonky contracts and rampant rorts.
Podcast: Faster and cheaper flat pack flats
A new way of building apartment blocks - decribed as a cross between Ikea and Lego, means flats will be built faster, cheaper and with fewer defects
RANT: Failure to fix and the flowchart of fury
RANT: When your strata committee says "no" because they don't know, or they don't want to know, you have to tell them to go with the flow.