Podcast: Pet laws, Airbnb fears and political fashion
We have a bumper edition of the Flat Chat Wrap podcast for you this week with a ton of material and some new voices too. You might want to ration…
Covid-19 in strata
Strata blocks have been likened to vertical cruise ships when it comes to their potential for speading the disease. Here are stories that represent our coverage of the issues. NB: Some of the Covid-19 references are in subsidiary parts of the story and some facts and figures may have been overtaken by more recent events.
Strata law change would expunge no-pets by-laws
OK, it’s not quite making pets compulsory in strata schemes, but if an amendment to strata law passed by the NSW Upper House last week negotiates its final hurdle, no…
Shared Space strata summit is a world first
You could never accuse strata lawyer Amanda Farmer of standing still for too long. On top of being a very active and successful strata lawyer, she’s a founder of Women…
Strata managers welcome Airbnb party house ban
A decision by Airbnb to ban so called party houses has been welcomed by strata managers in New South Wales who say it should be backed up by stiff penalties…
Podcast: Comedy, coffee and a new way of renting
Were going flat out to lift the gloom in this week in the Flat Chat Wrap. First we go behind the scenes of the much heralded and long-awaited (by JimmyT,…
Forum: Locked down next to a 10-week renovation
There’s a fine array of quirks, quibbles and questionable grey areas in this weeks Forum Roundup, although the Flatchatters asking the questions might be feeling more abused than amused. Firstly,…
Podcast: Defect deterrent and travelling wistfully
We cover a lot of ground in this week’s podcast … and by “a lot of ground” we mean pretty much the whole planet. First, we take a look a…
Sneaky decisions made under cover of covid
As the covid-19 pandemic has driven us all back into our homes, the Internet has become a vital tool both in working from home and managing our strata schemes. In…
Forum: Are these rules for Covid-19 or Airbnb?
Just after we locked off the Forum Roundup last week, we received a post listing a litany of unfair restrictions the poster claimed had been snuck in under cover of…
Podcast: Zoom into your chance to be on the pod
This week we get tangled up in the wiring as we examine the effect of Zoom meetings and electronic voting on the democratic processes of strata committees … and the…
Testing positive – areas where rents have risen
Coronavirus hasn’t quite killed Airbnb and its ilk but it’s certainly given the Australian short-term rental market a severe headache and a nasty dose of the shivers. Investors running scared…
Podcast 83: Joke dad, garden secrets and pass-the-Corona party
It’s another showbag of conflict, calm and coronavirus craziness on the Flat Chat Wrap podcast this week. First, inspired by a question from our Forum, we discuss what you can…