Roundup: The votes are in – noise annoys you most
Guess what! The thing that annoys us most about each other, is noise. Who knew? Far and away the most popular choice in our fun quiz about what irritates us…
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Lacrosse owners take out $11m loan to replace cladding
Owners at Melbourne’s Lacrosse building have taken out an $11 million loan with strata finance providers Lannock to cover replacing the building’s combustible cladding after the fire at the residential tower in the city’s…
Climate shame when strata airs its dirty laundry
It seems that energy prices and the belief (or not) that there’s such a thing as global warming have the power to topple Prime Ministers. The fossil fuel versus renewables…
Roundup: What made this baby so grumpy?
I couldn’t resist! Some of you missed out on this picture of what must be the grumpiest baby in the world. Due to various bits of new software it didn’t…
Quiz: Who are the Airbnb hosts with the most?
Airbnb could be the best thing that ever happened to you since you moved into an apartment … or it could be the worst. You could be one of those…
Towed away: Slack parker finds car gone
A friend in a small apartment block in Sydney recently told me a story that shows just how bad things can get when you choose to not only ignore your…
Airbnb: NSW backflips while Vic bends over
It was neither the best of times, nor the worst of times – that was all happening in Canberra – but the last two weeks have seen the parliaments of…
Roundup: Huge cost of small debt … and your questions
A friend received an email from his strata committee treasurer the other day. He was $7 behind in his levies for his flat. It was no big deal, just an…
Why pre-sale renos could be bad planning
For any prospective home buyer with a skerrick of visual imagination, a rundown home is a massive canvas on which to express themselves. That might apply to apartments even more…
Quiz: How well do you know your strata stats?
A few weeks ago, UNSW’s City Futures department released its Australian National Strata Data report, which confirm a few prejudices and busted a few myths about apartment living in Australia.…
Poll: What annoys you most about your neighbours?
It’s been a while since we asked Flatchatters what they think about this UnAustralian lifestyle of living on top of each other, sharing space and having to tolerate each other’s…
NSW passes Australia’s tightest Airbnb laws
Short-term holiday letting in NSW will have “tougher but fairer” regulation from 2019, after the state parliament passed the Government’s plan for the industry yesterday. Minister for Better Regulation…