Book launch: Invite to the height of harmony
How do you get on with your neighbours? Here's your chance to score an invitation to the latest book about living in strata.
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Chewing the strata fat with James Valentine
Jimmy visits James Valentine on air on ABC radio, takes calls from strata residents and owners, and tries to answer their curly questions.
Forum: Disabled owner thrown to debt collectors
A post to the Forum this week (and it’s a bumper edition) has reminded us one of the more disgraceful business practices perpetrated by less admirable strata managers. Basically, it…
Minister explains new strata laws in detail
The proposed new strata laws and the thinking behind them were explained in the NSW Parliament this week by Fair Trading Minister Anoulak Chanthivong.
Podcast: Are strata law changes a mug’s game?
Jimmy and Sue finally have a chance to discuss and dissect the proposed NSW strata law changes and decide they're definitely not everyone's cup of tea.
Forum: A Notice to Comply is not a shoo-in
Flatchatter warned he will get a warning over shoes, tenants want rent reduced over reno noise in block, owner wants to buy unwanted scrap of land outside his unit.
New laws: compulsory training for committees
New laws tabled this week will force strata committee members to undergo training, levies in new blocks will have to be realistic and embedded network scams could see sales cancelled.
Podcast: Contracts, advice and rotting blocks
Jimmy and Sue give a qualified welcome to a new strata guide and discuss the criticism of strata management contracts and the claims about rotting blocks in Victoria.
One-sided SM contracts exposed… yet again
JimmyT recalls his first encounters with one-sided strata management contracts as a new ABC expose reveals that nothing much has changed in 20 years of complaints and unkept promises.
Contracts killer: Dodgy SCA deals targetted
Eminent construction lawyer and advisor to various state governments Bronwyn Weir has hit out at standard strata management contracts as "appalling, disgraceful and unfair.'
Hundreds of Vic blocks rotting from inside
Two years ago the ABC and Flat Chat reported that cladding remediation was revealing big problems with apartment blocks in Victoria. Now a government report claims half of the blocks…
Your guide to the new NSW Strata Living Guide
The NSW has released its new guide to strata living. JimmyT says it's good in parts but it's the bits that are missing that are a big concern.