Podcast: Lockdown PHO a strata dog’s breakfast
We had a new PHO out last week – that’s a Public Health Order, not a Vietnamese noodle soup – and as we discuss in the pod, it’s more of…
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Covid-busting comfort food kitchen: Pizza toast
No 2 in our lockdown-relieving, takeaway-avoiding, money saving and fun recipes for easy comfort food … with a little extra. This week’s comfort food recipe could not be simpler –…
Tenants and pets – how to get a home with yours
In these times of enforced isolation, pets have never been more valuable for their comfort and companionship. But there is still resistance among many landlords – and strata schemes, for…
Star ratings to reduce risk in off-the-plan purchases
NSW off-the-plan apartment buyers will soon be able to access “star ratings” for developers and discover that their money may not be as safe as houses when they take the…
Unmasked: How NSW Health doesn’t get strata
There’s an old saying that you should never ascribe to malice anything that can just as easily be explained by stupidity. With that in mind, we can only assume that…
Forum: Tree root blockage leads to a poonami
Boy, you’ve been a busy lot in the past week. Don’t you have jobs to go to or something? But seriously, this week’s bumper crop of questions to the Forum…
Ironically, Covid-19 does discriminate after all
They say the Covid-19 virus doesn’t discriminate, but that is, of course, utter BS. If you were born into a culture where social interaction within extended families – including physical…
Podcast: Shhh … the future will be a lot quieter
On this weeks’ Podcast Sue Williams and JimmyT explore the differences if any that our current locked down, work-from-home life will make to the way we build and live in…
JimmyT’s covid comfort food kitchen: Cullen Skink
Remember when we were first locked down last year – everybody was baking cheese scones and their own sourdough? Judging by the lack of crusty bread pictures in my various…
Block ban lifted as 20-year guarantee is signed
Developers and real estate agents are free to market and sell apartments in the controversial Skyview apartment block in Castle Hill, with NSW Building Commission lifting the Prohibition Order on…
OCN update for strata on Covid work rules
The Owners Corporation Network (OCN), the peak body for apartment owners and strata committees, has compiled an invaluable advisory on what NSW strata schemes and residents can and can’t do…
1000 new homes on line for Sydney’s north-west
A new mixed-use development that will provide almost 1000 new homes near the new Metro line in Sydney’s north-west has been approved by the NSW Government. Minister for Planning and…