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Strata Defects

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: The many sins of commission at Fair Trading

  • 09/08/2022
  • Author Jimmy-T

If there is one area of NSW Liberal politics that may be glad that the kerfuffle over the appointment of a trade envoy to New York is drawing so much…

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    Missing Mascot papers prove value of the Hub

    • 27/06/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    As if the former residents of Mascot Towers in Sydney weren’t doing it tough enough, last month they received another blow and it’s one that smacks of local government incompetence,…

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      Saving lives not levies on old balcony balustrades

      • 21/06/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      There used to be a general principle in strata that even if your old balcony balustrades weren’t up to current standards, you didn’t need to fix them unless there was…

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        Podcasts: Your top ten pods of the year

        • 16/06/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        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…

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          Off-the-plan purchases back on the shopping list

          • 16/06/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          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…

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            Tweaks and leaks: advice on keeping the block nice

            • 23/05/2022
            • Author Jimmy-T

            When we’re pouring money into renovating our homes, no doubt hoping to increase their value if we ever sell, we often forget the old maxim for the potential property purchaser…

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              Focus on defects and disasters, pocket $100

              • 03/05/2022
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Want to add to academics’ collective knowledge about living in strata and all the  … um .. challenges it presents, and score a couple of $50 vouchers for doing so?…

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                Commish hands out gold stars, extends contract

                • 26/04/2022
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Building Commissioner David Chandler is about to start handing out gold stars to the most reliable developers in NSW. And he has announced that he has extended his contract with…

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                  Heat on planners and pollies as cities swelter

                  • 26/04/2022
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  Poor building standards and soaring energy costs are forcing one in three Australians out of their flats and houses and into air-conditioned shopping centres and community facilities during heat waves.…

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                    Waterproofing worries tackled in webinar

                    • 01/04/2022
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    The devastating rains of the past few weeks have wreaked havoc in the Northern Rivers area of NSW, as well as S.E. Queensland. Here in Strataland, they will also doubtless…

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                      Mascot Tower residents’ assistance to end in June

                      • 15/03/2022
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      The NSW Government has agreed to extend the rental assistance package to Mascot Towers resident owners up to the end of June this year. Residents were forced to abandon their…

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                        Podcast: Strata’s next big challenge – ageing blocks

                        • 23/02/2022
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        This week’s podcast is given over to one topic – but it’s a fascinating one: What are we going to do about Australia’s older apartment blocks? Sure, there’s been a…

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