Back to the future with company title flats
Before strata titles existed, most apartments were company title schemes. Many survive today despite the generally perceived advantages of strata title. Why? And are they a genuine alternative way to…
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Micro apartments are a big deal for renters
A build-to-rent micro-apartment block is getting rave reviews from its first residents and catching the attention of politicians desperate to find solutions for the dire lack of affordable housing in…
Renters: How the other half (just about) lives
Half of all Australian strata apartments are investment properties that are tenanted. Strata renters must follow all the strata laws, by laws and rules but they have almost no strata…
Top thinkers at strata-fest, with added JimmyT
Ever wondered if there’s a better way of managing dysfunctional committees or disruptive committee members? Would an organisational psychologists’ advice help? How about keeping up with changes to strata law,…
Chandler’s parting words: message is the mission
Last week NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler rocked Strataland when he announced he will be retiring in August. But he’s not going away – in fact, he has given himself…
How to speak strata insurance like a native
This week we introduce a new voice to Flat Chat. Our old friend Francesco Andreone, former strata lawyer, now consultant, has his own website which produces a couple of insightful…
Forum: Who can and can’t stand for election?
Who can be elected to your strata committee? More to the point, who can’t? The answer to the first question, in NSW at least, is just about anybody, including non-owners…
No waiting: You can dump committee duds now
I have a few words of encouragement and comfort for anyone who thinks they are stuck with a dysfunctional committee, or is on a committee with a destructively disruptive member.…
SCA-NSW launches post Netstrata investigation
There were a lot of questions that remained following the devastating report on ABC TV into allegations that strata management giant Netstrata had side-stepped regulations on declaring commissions for insurance…
Great Escapes: Bush tucker with a celeb chef
Are you nursing an urge to see more of Australia, eat some amazing food and rub shoulders with a celebrity chef? Since we linked Flat Chat with our travel website…
Podcast: Look back and laugh with our podcom
It’s interesting listening to the podcom Hyperbole Towers – the podcast comedy we recorded almost four years ago – to hear how much has changed.There’s a reference in there to…
Vote on your favourite low-rise design – poll
As promised in this week’s podcast, here are a few samples of the kind of thing we might be seeing in terrace, duplex and town house developments as the NSW…