From the Forum – down in the dumps with a slack SM
We live in strange times indeed, and this week we received one of the longest posts to the Forum that I have ever seen. The main topic? A strata manager…
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Podcast 68: Six months of Sundays, classic movies, perfect pods
In this week’s Flat Chat Wrap. Jimmy and Sue look at the wealth of good advice about how to get through this crisis without the whole system falling around our…
From the Forum: Noisy neighbours trample by-laws underfoot
Noisy neighbours have been keeping the Flat Chat Forum awake for the past week. In one case it’s a couple who put down a timber floor without permission – yes,…
Podcast: Everything you never knew about strata insurance
One of the big questions around the recent Mascot Tower problems was why didn’t the building insurance kick in, rather than the state government having to bail the owners corporation…
From the Forum: Washing woes as perfumes pollute upstairs pad
There are periodically so many discussions and debates about laundry on balconies that the issue has it’s own section in the Flat Chat Forum. But it’s not the sight of…
From the Forum: Turmoil over sneaky cake-taker
It’s been a bit quiet on the Forum front, what with the long weekend and all. But the saddest story of the week is probably the smallest in terms of…
From the Forum: Can you be sued for what you say in a Fair Trading complaint?
Can you be sued for something you said in an application to Fair Trading over a dispute in your apartment block? That’s the question a flustered Flatchatter has asked this…
ROUNDUP: Paint or varnish? Another strata cover-up
Every so often I get the feeling that there must be a strand of DNA that makes people both nit-picking and want to live in strata. Take the post from…
Roundup: When ‘privacy’ is more important than unit block fire safety
I was gobsmacked this week to discover that Fair Trading have refused to even tell owners in the 400-plus buildings seriously affected by flammable cladding that there’s a seminar this…
Roundup: Revenge as bullying by-law is bounced
One of our long-suffering Flatchatters took her problems with her strata committee to NCAT the other week. The dispute was all about work that the owners corp should have done…
NSW Labor promises strata commissioner to tackle defects
EXCLUSIVE: By Sue Williams and Jimmy Thomson A dedicated Strata Commissioner to protect apartment owners and residents and restore confidence in the strata sector will be introduced by the Labor…
Opal Tower owners don’t know how lucky they are
The owners of apartments in the now notorious Opal Tower probably don’t realise it, but they are lucky. Obviously, it was bad luck that supporting walls in their building in…