Subscribers to our newsletter may have already read this but I’ve been thinking about the difference between older residents and younger people in strata.

And while this is a gross generalisation, I’ve reached the conclusion that  younger people tend to be more about their rights whereas older strata residents are more likely to think about their responsibilities.

Yes. It’s a lot more complicated than that and not all people think and act the same way, regardless of their ages.

But I do think that when we get into strata disputes, we focus on winning and losing and forget the damage that can be done to relationships, especially those you might need in the future, just by having a fight that’s not necessary.

Which brings me to a book for which I wrote the foreword earlier this year.  It’s called Harmony in the Heights by strata management guru Julie Grove and it’s all about living peacefully and happily in strata. 

As its name suggests, Harmony in the Heights, is much less about specific by-laws and rules more about adjusting to living in a community where individual residents’ priorities may be very different but their aspirations and challenges are irretrievably intertwined.

Harmony in the Heights is being launched in Title bookshop in Barangaroo, Sydney, on Sunday, December 8 and you can score an invitation, on a first come, first-served basis,  by clicking on this link or on the associated ad.