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They range from minor issues with finishes to major structural and fire safety problems – and when repairs are rwuired , the buck stops with the owners. Hers are hundreds of posts that track the failures of the past and the current efforts to create a less defective future.

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Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat – Part 1

  • 15/05/2025
  • Author Jimmy-T

Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat Part 1 brings you lithium batteries, balcony Vegepods, black mould and underperforming strata committees

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    Strata managers demand more defect protections

    • 03/04/2025
    • Author Jimmy-T

    The national president of Strata Community Association - the strata managers' body - calls for a nationwide policy on better protection from building defects

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      Can developers fix their defective reputations?

      • 20/06/2024
      • Author Jimmy-T

      We have written a lot in these pages about efforts by the NSW Building Commission to ensure defects in new apartment buildings are fixed, in part using the iCIRT star…

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        NSW tips more millions into defect detectives

        • 11/06/2024
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Life must be pretty sweet for the former NSW Fair Trading civil servants who were tipped into the Building Commissioner’s defects taskforce. No longer do they have to deal with…

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          Chandler’s parting words: message is the mission

          • 15/05/2024
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Last week NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler rocked Strataland when he announced he will be retiring in August.  But he’s not going away – in fact, he has given himself…

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            Chandler works his ‘magic’ on Mascot Towers

            • 29/02/2024
            • Author Jimmy-T

            NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler has “pulled a very large rabbit out of a very small hat” in wrangling a deal for owners in the blighted Mascot Towers, says one…

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              Government failed Mascot owners says strata lawyer

              • 01/02/2024
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Strata and property lawyer, and good friend of Flat Chat Tony Cordato believes the NSW government has missed a trick in its handling of the Mascot Towers disaster. He thinks…

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                No evacuation planned for crumbling blocks

                • 18/01/2024
                • Author Jimmy-T

                There will be no Mascot or Opal towers style evacuations but four blocks comprising 900 new apartments in Sydney’s Macquarie Park are at risk of eventually collapsing due to “serious…

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                  Investors to miss out on Mascot rescue plan

                  • 18/01/2024
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  In the quantum of misery that is the Mascot Towers tragedy, it’s hard to tell who has suffered most.  Is it the elderly couple who should be putting up their…

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                    Unit buyer confidence low but help is on the way

                    • 21/12/2023
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    At a time of year when we start to ponder what the next 12 months might hold, three reports outline the challenges that the apartment sector faces, the current attitudes…

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                      Serious defects in half of NSW strata buildings

                      • 06/12/2023
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      If Building Commissioner David Chandler needed validation for supersizing his department from 40 to 400 defects detectors, it didn’t take long to arrive. A new report issued this week reveals…

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                        Have your say on building defect insurance

                        • 31/08/2023
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        DLI is a strict liability insurance product of first resort that covers critical building elements, such as structure, waterproofing and fire safety systems.  It allows building owners to make a claim…

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