Time to finally end the disruptive low levies lurk
Developers can still emply a low levies lurk, setting fees at unfeasibly low rates to attract buyers, then sit back and watch as they rise to meet real needs and…
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Strata Groundhog Days: Wince, rinse and repeat
Why do we treat every regular occurrence in strata as if it were a brand new challenge? Francesco Andreone of GoStrata suggests we develop systems to make the regular…
SCA-NSW to get lessons in professional ethics
The Professional Standards Authority is to engage with Strata Community Association (SCA-NSW) to ensure it is complying with its own code of ethics.
Ten top consumer groups demand strata inquiry
A coalition of 10 leading consumer and strata advocacy associations has called for a national public inquiry into the strata management industry, in the wake of the ABC TV Four…
Forum: Who’s watching the CCTV watchers
There are all sorts of good reasons for having cameras mounted on common property in apartment blocks. Being able to see who’s coming and going at your front door would…
Minns disclosed IPG shares, says department
The NSW government’s Customer Service department says Property Services and Strata Commissioner John Minns is “providing full support” to its inquiries following allegations surrounding his investments in a property management…
Sustainability the rage at OCN conference
It’s that time of year again, when strata experts drag themselves away from their research projects and academic papers to pass on their wisdom at seminars and workshops. The next…
My alter ego’s shameless appeal for your votes
This has absolutely nothing to do with strata, unless you count the fact that it was written in a flat in Kings Cross and the hero lives in a pad…
Big strata wins again as new laws tread softly
It seems one person’s regulation is another’s backdoor legitimacy, if the reaction to this week’s anticipated “crackdown” on strata managers by NSW Fair Trading is anything to go by. Minister…
Big and bright ideas meet huge strata challenges
By Jimmy Thomson and Sue Williams Black mould built into new homes, fire safety measures ignored and undermined, real estate marketers (rather than town planners) shaping our cities – these…
Forum: Sacked SM sneaks in a final commission
Every time you try to say something nice about strata managers, one of them goes and pulls a new scam that makes everyone look bad. The strata manager featured in…
It’s Hug Your Strata Manager Day… if it’s OK
As I wrote on last week’s newsletter, a lot of people are sick of us bagging strata managers on this website. Okay, a lot of strata managers, specifically, are tired…