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.…
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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…
Forum: Power and beauty of a big red button
There’s a Flatchatter out there who deserves a herogram from us all – although he has chosen to remain anonymous, so that ain’t going to happen. A couple of weeks…
City apartment rents catching up with houses
Apartment rents are rising so fast in our biggest cities that they are catching up with house rents, according to a new report. New data reveals a consistent rise in…
Podcast: ‘Worst-ever block’ and Greens v Nimbys
In this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast we look at a report that building commissioner David Chandler has issued a stop-work order at a Wollongong construction site after structural defects…
Trainee strata managers’ deadlines extended
Assistant real estate and strata managers in NSW have been given an extra three months to keep working while they register for professional qualifications so they can maintain their registrations…
POLL: What shops do you want in your block?
This week’s poll is related to two stories that we have mention in the Flat Chat Wrap podcast. One is all about “placemaking” which is building homes in a way…
Chandler works his ‘magic’ on Mascot Towers
NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler has “pulled a very large rabbit out of a very small hat” in wrangling a deal for owners in the blighted Mascot Towers, says one…
Podcast: Find your place … just shop around
In this week’s pod we look at “placemaking” which seems to be designing communities simply to make them nicer places to live. By nicer, of course, we mean places that…