Anti short-term holiday letting community members in Victoria, furious at the Labor Government there for handing their homes over to Airbnb-style holiday rentals, have vowed to make the politicians pay…
It’s not exactly a media frenzy but, having been on TV last week, I was on ABC radio this week – and this time, I was talking about strata living.…
While many apartment residents complain about the decisions their strata committees make, it could be the ones they don’t make that are causing the most harm. Here are five examples…
Did you know that earlier this year a NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) Member ruled it was harsh, unconscionable and oppressive to have a by-law banning animals? Now, admittedly, this…
Your favourite Flatchatter was on Studio 10 yesterday morning (August 1, some time after 9am) talking about … well, not strata issues, to be honest – that’s something for the…
A strata scheme not a million miles from where I sit is facing a very modern quandary – how do they deal with global warming when it gets real but…
What do you need in your life when you’ve kicked out the grown-up kids and you’re downsizing from your family home in the burbs to a trendy apartment in the…
We’ve had a lot of discussion recently about whether or not owners can claim compensation for things like loss of rent when renovations – either by individual owners or by…
When we started Flat Chat 15 years ago, strata managers were pretty much our Public Enemy No 1 (and we theirs, for that matter). It’s all my fault. I once…
Over the years we’ve had a few stories about strata bullies in Flat Chat. Bullying in the workplace is bad enough but when it’s happening in your own home it…
Are residents who commandeer visitor spaces and annex chunks of common property for their own use really thieves? In a world where breaking the law and flouting regulations is not…
We were on radio again for the first time for a while last week and we had our usual crop of confused, angry, irritated and frustrated flat owners. One bloke…