Cheaper electricity for strata schemes that are pro Choice
I had no idea about this until a Flatchatter asked if it was real. It does sound too good to be true, I admit, but our major sponsors Strata Choice have found…
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Flat Chat 600 – Still crazy after all these years
Writing a new column – on the value of a good whinge, if you must know – I noticed that this would be our 600th Flat Chat. It’s true –…
Budget strata insurance now online
One of the most contentious issues in the new strata laws that came into force in NSW last year was the question of compulsory strata insurance and commissions paid by…
Roundup: Now strata residents have three amigos
Maybe it’s coincidence, maybe it’s a cunning plan, but the two MPs who had most to do with creating and establishing our new strata laws in NSW are now, after the…
New strata laws, same old dirty tricks
Now that the holidays are out of the way, the first of the year’s AGMs will soon be upon us. That will be the first time most of us will…
Roundup: If you leave us, Mr Dominello, can we come too?
I was chatting the other day with the strata Minister Victor Dominello (his proper title is Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation). I realised afterwards that, now that he has…
Roundup: Drones and moans
Sometimes I wonder how closely people read my stuff. I was criticised by a couple of people for my “dirty tricks” story (below) being pro-airbnb. Huh? Just because they’re dirty…
Roundup: A fair go for proxy people
Happy New Year and welcome to 2017, arguably the biggest year in apartment living in NSW since our state inflicted this particular method of sharing our space on an unsuspecting…
Social media minefield for shabby holiday flats
Here at Flat Chat we tend to get a bit fixated on illegal short-stay holiday lets in residential schemes, so much so that we can forget that there are entirely…
Roundup: Kicking butt and taking names
It has been a gratifying week here on the Flat Chat desk with a couple of appreciative emails thanking us for our advice. We even learned a colleague had been…
Big guns wheeled out in holiday lets battle
It’s been a funny old week in StrataLand. The whole short-stay letting issue is headed for a major showdown with both apartment owners and Airbnb bringing out the heavy artillery…
Minister targets strata law cheats and tyrants
Fair Trading minister Victor Dominello has promised to crack down on strata “tyrants” and cheats who set out to circumvent the letter and the spirit of the new laws that…