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Forum: Angry tradie targets new unit owner

  • 17/05/2022
  • Author Jimmy-T

Here’s a conundrum from way out of left field, and then some.  One of our Flatchatters has just received a final demand, and a threat of legal action, from a…

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    Forum: Stalemate, power plays and an even split

    • 03/05/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    At any level of politics it can be hugely frustrating when the numbers on both sides are equal. With everyone in their respective trenches, it can take a casting vote…

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      Forum: When rising damp is no laughing matter

      • 26/04/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      One of the funniest shows ever on TV was a British sitcom called Rising Damp. What does it have to do with strata? Well, it was about young and not-so-young…

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        Forum: Vendor gets that sinking fund feeling

        • 19/04/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        It’s been a quiet weekend on the Forum.  The effect of chocolate on your ability to put up with your neighbours is worthy of a PhD (if it hasn’t been…

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          Forum: Mystery of a bulge in a bathroom wall

          • 12/04/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          It’s Easter and it’s not only the buns that are hot and cross. It’s bad enough when there is a problem in your block and you don’t know what’s causing…

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            Forum: Locked out as car park under repair

            • 05/04/2022
            • Author Jimmy-T

            QUESTION OF THE WEEK: There’s a good old-fashioned strata barney going on over on the Flat Chat Forum.  It started when a tenant was told by her property manager that…

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              Forum: Lift repair plans come crashing down

              • 29/03/2022
              • Author Jimmy-T

              QUESTION OF THE WEEK: You know things have come to a sad state in a block when the only way forward on a long-running and contentious issue seems to involve…

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                Forum: Roof built over yard without permission

                • 22/03/2022
                • Author Jimmy-T

                QUESTION OF THE WEEK: An owner in a townhouse has built a roof over their courtyard without permission. A Flatchatter has asked whether the owners corporation should ask for this…

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                  Burning questions about fire inspections answered

                  • 21/03/2022
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  Recently, there have been a number of questions about fire safety inspections and measures on the Flat Chat Forum. Last week, one of our Flatchatters, an accredited Fire Safety Practitioner,…

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                    Forum: Threatened with fine over late-night chats

                    • 15/03/2022
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    We’re not judging here but sometimes a question reveals as much about the questioner as it does about the subject.  This week one Flatchatter has asked how she can be…

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                      Forum: Owner uses pool despite having moved out

                      • 08/03/2022
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      There are times when what’s right and what’s legal seem to be in direct conflict – and strata is one of those areas of life replete with these tricky, quirky…

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                        Forum: Are two-lot strata schemes too much hassle?

                        • 22/02/2022
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        We tend not to hear too much about the mysteries two-lot strata schemes like  duplexes and villas. Is “mysteries” over-stating it?  For a long time Randwick Council in Sydney’s East…

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