Forum: Disabled owner thrown to debt collectors
A post to the Forum this week (and it’s a bumper edition) has reminded us one of the more disgraceful business practices perpetrated by less admirable strata managers. Basically, it…
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Minister explains new strata laws in detail
The proposed new strata laws and the thinking behind them were explained in the NSW Parliament this week by Fair Trading Minister Anoulak Chanthivong.
Podcast: Are strata law changes a mug’s game?
Jimmy and Sue finally have a chance to discuss and dissect the proposed NSW strata law changes and decide they're definitely not everyone's cup of tea.
ABC Radio slot races through listeners’ issues
JimmyT joins Dom Knight on ABC Afternoons to discuss listeners' questions, covering everything from cracking walls to cats in neighbouring flats.
Forum: Blindsided by succession flat sale ploy
The Forum has fired up with a vengeance this week with questions about chairs duping the owners and halting meetings. Then there's smoke drift, landscaping, fences, costs concerns and…
Clampdown: cures for strata’s parking disease
Queensland is the only one of the larger states where it is legal to clamp or tow illegal parkers on common property - but it's not the easy answer many…
Podcast: We find a $30k-a-night apartment
Jimmy and Sue's travels take them to a $30k a night apartment, another country's cladding crisis, unaffordability in a Socialist republic and the divisive debate on the housing shortage.
Podcast: High-rise help, hikes and horror in the UK
Jimmy T and Sue W continue their European sojourn in London, where they catch up with the latest boost for NSW tenants, the apartment price rises in Oz and a…
Forum: Is the chair exempt from proxy limits?
The powers of the chair in various states vary, from being directly elected at an AGM by owners in Qld, to having a casting vote at a strata committee meeting…
Pro-tenant, pro-pet laws pass NSW parliament
Tenants' representatives have welcomed the new renters' protections passed into law in NSW this week- but they say more needs to be done.
Podcast: Off-plan buyers rage and SMs slap back
In this week's podcast Jimmy and Sue discuss whether there is a viable solution to the Sapphire schemozzle in Gosford. And do strata managers have a point about unfair treatment…
Time to finally end the disruptive low levies lurk
Developers can still emply a low levies lurk, setting fees at unfeasibly low rates to attract buyers, then sit back and watch as they rise to meet real needs and…