Lock up and leave: Sue wins travel writing award
We’re celebrating in Flat Chat central this week as our very own Sue Williams has won the Australian Society of Travel Writers award for the best travel news story of…
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Buyers will pay more for five-star rating – survey
Sixty per cent of apartment buyers say they would pay more for apartments if they were more confident of the build quality and were sure that the contractor or building…
No smoke without ire in vicious balcony battle
When Flatchatter Sorrel (not her real name) tried to do something about smoke drift from her new neighbours’ balcony into her home she found herself in a year-long battle that…
Forum: Hoarder leaves us with another fine mess
This week’s weird and not-so wonderful story comes straight out of one of those TV reality shows about hoarders getting their home cleaned up for free. Our Flatchatter has a…
Lock up and leave: Golf and spa resort in Fiji
Nothing divides vacationers quite like golf. There are some for whom it’s an obsession, they can spend hours hooking, slicing and missing putts but it only takes one perfect shot…
Podcast: Management rights an $8bn business
Some big, big issues have shuffled shamelessly into the glare of the podcast spotlight his week. Firstly we talk about the buying and selling of management rights and how that…
Lock up and Leave: the appeal is Moorish
Our Pick of the Trips this week has to be a culture vulture’s tour from Madrid to Marrakech, sampling the best that the Moors had to offer including the architecture…
Come on down to Kiama and see our new flat
Since we’ve been bashing you all over your heads with all sorts of stuff about our new investment- from trouble with the mortgage, to initial AGM stress – we thought…
$10m offered in grants for EV charging in strata
The NSW Government is launching $10 million in grants to retrofit more than 100 apartment buildings with the technology to enable electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. And there’s a webinar…
Sign up for water-proofing and WH&S webinars
Bannerman Lawyers are addressing two major strata problems with their November webinars. First in line this month that irksome issue when your bathroom or kitchen springs a leak and everyone…
Is your block’s disaster planning a … disaster?
Would you know what to do if there was a 72-hour power outage in your apartment building? What about the people who simply can’t climb up and down multiple flights…
Lock up and leave – the whole holiday deal
We are branching out a little here at Flat Chat. Encouraged and maybe inspired by the fact that a lot of you like being able to lock up and leave…