Forum: Power of one owner versus lots of lots
There’s an interesting conundrum in the Forum this week and it’s all about the power wielded by a single entity that owns several apartments against the collective might of the…
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Why unit owners can’t cut insurance to save
Fires in Hawaii, floods in Australia, earthquakes in Turkey and storms in New Zealand are likely to hit apartment owners in ways they can’t avoid. These natural disasters are driving…
How Gigacomm got our home office internet gig
I’m a bit of a geek and I love my gadgets but I am as nervous as anyone when it comes to untried and untested technology – especially in strata…
Podcast: How to upscale your address for less
Flying (almost) solo this week, Jimmy looks at a Sydney Morning Herald story which reveals the posh areas in Sydney where you can upgrade your address without paying the multi-million dollar costs…
Forum: Range wars and modern strata cowboys
Back in the old Wild West (of America, not Australia) they had what they called “range wars” – they broke out when farmers, who legitimately owned chunks of land, would…
Long and short of the Qld caretaker con-trick
We’re giving a fair amount of space to Queensland caretaker management rights at the moment, and that’s for two very good reasons. Firstly there is a multimillion-dollar rort of strata…
Don’t buy in Queensland before you’ve read this
Recent state government announcements that South-East Queensland should expect to see another 600,000 apartments in the next 20 years – doubling the number of units currently available in the state…
Podcast: Can rent crisis solutions both work?
The podcast has an international flavour this week – and not only because co-host Sue dropped in just before she jetted off to Europe. Reports from Scotland suggest that build-to-rent…
Forum: Kickbacks and con jobs in conveyancing
You have to think that if some of the service providers in strata-land spent as much time and energy just doing their jobs as they do trying to diddle us…
Webinars on boundary disputes and sustainability
Our friends and sponsors Bannerman Lawyers have already kicked off their August webinars and you’ll have to be quick off the mark to sign up for the first one on…
Podcast: Council cops unit block defects orders
We’re going interstate and all-ages in this week’s mixed bag but we start with a council on Sydney’s North Shore that has been served with a repair order for defects in…
Newbies get one shot at curbing locked-in rorts
Let’s be clear about this, if you have bought into an off-the-plan apartment, or a brand new one that hasn’t held its first AGM yet, you have one chance to…