Flat Chat Wrap #35 – Apartments go to the movies … and see more than they should
If you live in apartments for long enough it’s almost impossible not to catch a glimpse into other people’s lives. Most of us look away, hoping that the same courtesy…
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PODCAST: When a look through a window lingers longer than it should
If you live in apartments for long enough, at some point you’re bound to catch a glimpse into other people’s lives. Most of us look away, hoping that the same…
From the Forum: Record readers prove every dog has its day
We had a record number of visitors to the website last Wednesday – more than 1800, if you must know – an event that always sets me off wondering what…
How Airbnb hastens the end for Queensland’s on-site caretakers
Can two wrongs make a right? First of all, let’s define “wrong”. I reckon the commercial exploitation of residential apartments through online holiday letting is wrong. I also think Queensland’s…
Embedded networks – the latest scam coming to a block near you
If crumbling buildings in Sydney and towering infernos in Melbourne are doing nothing else, they are drawing attention away from a sneaky scam that could cost new strata owners a…
Booked: Academic who discovered 85 percent of our blocks are defective
Over the past few weeks, usually in the context of our crumbling apartment blocks, we have frequently heard that a fairly recent UNSW study found that 85 per cent of…
From the Forum: Strange case of the dog that goes wee-wee in the night
There’s so much going on in strata at the moment that we barely need our usual weekly roundup of Forum questions and answers. But then there’s so much going on…
Flat Chat Wrap #34 – Tall storeys: TV dramas set in apartment blocks
There’s so much doom and gloom around strata at the moment you feel you’re missing out if your apartment block isn’t on fire, falling down or both. So we’ve decided…
Why Opal owners are really suing the state government
News that residents of the Opal Towers are planning to sue the State Government over its alleged failure to guarantee the building standards of their crumbling apartment block may be…
LISTEN: TV dramas set in apartment blocks
There’s so much doom and gloom around strata at the moment you feel you’re missing out if your apartment block isn’t on fire, falling down or both. So we’ve decided…
We warned Edinburgh about Airbnb – now they want curbs
It seems Flat Chat has a reach way beyond the shores of Australia, if news coming out of the Scottish capital Edinburgh is anything to go by. This time last…
Victoria residents slam phantom funds offer for cladding fix
NSW owners of apartments in flammable cladding affected buildings may have cast envious eyes in the direction of Victoria, where the state government has promised to help pay for the…