Wannabe renter too pet friendly
OK, first, let me make it clear that I am in favour of pets in apartment buildings – provided they have permission and they don’t make a noise or destroy…
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Building code ban on short term lets
Footy fans, bucks parties and schoolies running riot in residential strata buildings could be a thing of the past if a key ruling in Victoria is used as a legal…
Pet by-laws around Australia
First of all, let’s be clear on this – while there are ‘model’ by-laws that govern all sorts of things, including pets, they differ from state to state and even…
Forgetful residents fined for over use of lifts
Is this energy conservation gone mad? A high-rise building in Sydney has just announced what amounts to fines for residents who forget things in their flats and then have to…
Sold out by short notice
QUESTION: I want to end my fixed term tenancy agreement because the landlord wants to sell the premises. They did not tell me this before entering into the tenancy agreement.…
Landlords breaking laws
Hundreds of strata landlords are breaking the law. Make that thousands … Hell, make it tens of thousands – nobody really knows. What we do know is that it clearly…
Window of opportunity for child safety
There are some very good reasons for the plan to force limiters to be fitted on to strata windows to stop young kids falling out of them. The fact that…
Tenants put out by rubbish rota
Imagine you have settled into your new rented apartment and you get a notice slipped under your door saying you are required to take your turn putting out the communal…
Unit block on wrong track
‘Close to transport’ is a big selling point for many homes – but you can be too close. Residents of one block of units in Sydney’s Surry Hills have discovered…
New laws blow cobwebs off old-style flatting
Remember Company Title – the Downton Abbey of apartment living? Well, not only is it not going away, in NSW it’s being polished up like the family silver, and made…
Yes, you CAN clamp
There are many myths around what you can and can’t do about rogue parking in strata schemes, as there are around much of strata life. ‘You can’t put stickers on…
Tenants with pets – UNWS wants YOU!
Hot on the paws of our apartment living great Dane story comes news of a world first survey of pets in rented properties. We love a statistic – did you…