Block where luxury meets affordability and need
It’s the brave new world of affordable housing – a luxury apartment block where some people are forking out up to $2.4 million for units and others are paying just…
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Forum: Strata manager lied about commission
One of the longest-running rows in strata has been around the fact that strata managers can legally charge commission on the insurance policies they organise for strata owners. Considering strata…
Podcasts: Your top ten pods of the year
It’s all very well to be gallivanting around the Scottish Highlands, hiking from B&B to B&B (traditional ones, not Airbnbs) but it’s not exactly conducive to recording a podcast. We…
Off-the-plan purchases back on the shopping list
Off -the-plan apartment purchases are very much back in favour with investors, writes Sue Williams in Prestige Domain magazine. And NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler’s efforts to clean up the…
Forum: Is it law that you must enforce by-laws?
There’s a debate that is rumbling on in the Flat Chat Forum at the moment – and it’s one that raises its head from time to time without ever reaching…
Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat, part 2
Welcome to the second part of Lawyer In The Hot Seat, in which strata lawyer (and Flat Chat sponsor) David Bannerman invited us on to his webinar. This week, Jimmy…
City that fell asleep wakes up to new possibilities
Our cities effectively closed for business during Covid, but now they’ve had a shake-up and a wake-up and they are good to go, writes Sue Williams for Domain. Friday afternoon…
Few positives to negative gearing for first-timers
For all the talk of housing affordability at the recent election there was one obvious subject that barely rated a mention. But now that the dust has settled on the…
Forum: Balcony not up to code, FT not up to speed
One of the gratifying things about wrangling this website is that it is keenly observed by a bunch of strata owners and professionals who keep us up to speed with…
Podcast: Lawyer in the hotseat, Part 1
Amid all the discussions on this website about strata law, regulations and by-laws, we spend a lot of time talking about the way things ought to be and the difference…
EV charging: Hard facts and soft options
Back in April we looked at issues around electric vehicle (EV) charging in strata buildings and the resistance to it. A couple of weeks ago almost 500 people logged in…
Still seeing that damned barking chihuaua?
Are you getting frustrated because every time you log on to Flat Chat you just go to the same page with the same old stories, including one about an incessantly…