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Rose Bay residents get a Mascot sinking feeling

  • 21/08/2025
  • Author Jimmy-T

Rose Bay residents say their homes are already cracking as excavations proceed, and the next unit block could be another Mascot Towers.

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    RANT: Confessions of a recycling psycho

    • 21/08/2025
    • Author Jimmy-T

    RANT: I can just about cope with people who can't be bothered to separate and recycle their rubbish, it's the ones who deliberately stuff it up that irk me.

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      NEWS: No room here for more doom and gloom

      • 21/08/2025
      • Author Jimmy-T

      We're setting the doom and gloom aside this week, at least to begin with, and focussing on the quirkier stories out there.

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        Victoria takes Chandler path to defect insurance

        • 14/08/2025
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Victoria is bringing in a building bond - and cover inspired by former NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler's defects insurance.

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          Forum: Pre-votes, paper ballots and proxies

          • 14/08/2025
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Forum: the limit on proxies led to electronic pre-votes and paper votes - but is it a valid vote when an owner sends a note?

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            Hello new neighbour, now here are my rules

            • 14/08/2025
            • Author Jimmy-T

            RANT: With 50 per cent of apartment residents being renters, there's a fair chance that you'll find a new neighbour to get used to every so often.

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              NEWS: Bored with the interest rate babble yet?

              • 14/08/2025
              • Author Jimmy-T

              There's been a great deal of babble this week about the interest rate - maybe too much considering the Reserve Bank did exactly what most people predicted?

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                Queensland owners fight 25-year strata contracts

                • 10/08/2025
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Queensland owners and strata managers agree - pre-sold, locked-in, 25-year management contracts must go.

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                  Vic calls for comment on strata laws update

                  • 07/08/2025
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  Victoria's strata laws review will be the biggest update since 2006 - the year before the iPhone was released.

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                    FORUM: How does one owner insure a roof?

                    • 07/08/2025
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    FORUM: Flat buyer would inherit the roof, strata manager wants to pay for lot property repair and minor bathroom leak leads to complete reno demand.

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                      ‘Tin-eared’ Linkedin pic that’s stunned strata

                      • 07/08/2025
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      COMMENT: The Premier visiting a strata firm that's under investigation isn't just tin-eared, it's showing total disregard for the strata community.

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                        NEWS: All the latest online apartment stories

                        • 07/08/2025
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        A wrap-up of and links to all the apartment news that's been covered by online free media in the past week

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