Time called on balcony boozer
Our piece last week about the CTTT’s nitpicking over the case of a noisy and threatening owner piqued the interest of a strata lawyer. “I am dealing with another…
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Trial by CTTT nitpicking
We are always telling strata owners to resolve serious problems through Fair Trading and the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal. The latter, especially, is supposed to help ordinary people resolve…
Growing irritation
A tenant called Sonia called me on the James Valentine show on ABC 702 last week to complain about a resident who has taken over her block’s common property garden…
Bin laden lady
Even in houses, especially shared houses, the question of whose turn it is to do domestic chores creates angst and anger. So how bad can it be for 12 homes?…
Key issue
QUESTION: I’ve just been sent a form from the building where I have a rental property, demanding all sorts of private information such as my home address and phone number…
Can’t pay, won’t pay
Nobody likes paying levies but who pays to run the building when others just won’t do it? Two correspondents have this problem. One is chair of a neighbourhood association where…
Smoked out of home
There’s a story bouncing around at the moment about a guy on the North Shore, a cancer victim who may be forced to sell his unit because residents in apartments…