Forum: Vendor gets that sinking fund feeling
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
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…
Forum: Locked out as car park under repair
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…
Forum: Lift repair plans come crashing down
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…
Forum: Roof built over yard without permission
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…
Burning questions about fire inspections answered
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,…
Forum: Threatened with fine over late-night chats
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…
Forum: Owner uses pool despite having moved out
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…
Forum: Are two-lot strata schemes too much hassle?
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…
Forum: Delayed complaint leads to doubt over debt
Here’s a tricky one from a Flatchatter who wants to do the right thing but isn’t sure how much he should actually do. The problem is that the owner downstairs…
Forum: No lift for aged and disabled for 10 days
This week’s forum features a sad tale from a SEPP5 (aged and disabled scheme) where it sounds like the majority in the newer part of the scheme are just letting…
Forum: Should we pay committee members?
It’s that time of year again when we are coming to the end of the school holidays and Australia Day is upon us. On top of all that, we are…