Podcast: Bank rate hogwash, strata dog wash
A new trend in affordable co-living, the narrowing gap between house and apartment prices, why economists deal with pie in the sky, and dog washing bays in unit blocks.
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Forum: Conflicting views on strata self-interest
Is there a conflict of interest when you vote for something that only benefits you? Plus changing UEs, who pays for a broken intercom, and private property stored in a…
Podcast: Strata struggles will still be alive in 25
Jimmy and Sue look forward to what 2025 might hold for strata owners and residents - the good, the bad and the ugly truth... if we ever get to hear…
Podcast: Strata’s 2024 naughty and nice list
Jimmy and Sue look back at strata's trials and triumphs in 2024
Chewing the strata fat with James Valentine
Jimmy visits James Valentine on air on ABC radio, takes calls from strata residents and owners, and tries to answer their curly questions.
Forum: Disabled owner thrown to debt collectors
A post to the Forum this week (and it’s a bumper edition) has reminded us one of the more disgraceful business practices perpetrated by less admirable strata managers. Basically, it…
Minister explains new strata laws in detail
The proposed new strata laws and the thinking behind them were explained in the NSW Parliament this week by Fair Trading Minister Anoulak Chanthivong.
Podcast: Are strata law changes a mug’s game?
Jimmy and Sue finally have a chance to discuss and dissect the proposed NSW strata law changes and decide they're definitely not everyone's cup of tea.
ABC Radio slot races through listeners’ issues
JimmyT joins Dom Knight on ABC Afternoons to discuss listeners' questions, covering everything from cracking walls to cats in neighbouring flats.
Forum: Blindsided by succession flat sale ploy
The Forum has fired up with a vengeance this week with questions about chairs duping the owners and halting meetings. Then there's smoke drift, landscaping, fences, costs concerns and…
Clampdown: cures for strata’s parking disease
Queensland is the only one of the larger states where it is legal to clamp or tow illegal parkers on common property - but it's not the easy answer many…
Podcast: We find a $30k-a-night apartment
Jimmy and Sue's travels take them to a $30k a night apartment, another country's cladding crisis, unaffordability in a Socialist republic and the divisive debate on the housing shortage.