Skills workshops aim to reduce strata stress
Want to learn how to take the stress out of apartment renovations or enjoy high-rise harmony with your pets … and your neighbours? City of Sydney is launching another…
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Still problems in these pet-friendlier times
There’s lingering a belief around apartment living that unit blocks don’t allow pets, anywhere, ever. It goes back to the grim old days of three storey walk-ups when the rules…
Roundup: Fair Trading giving faulty advice … again
One of the issues that came out loud and clear from the OCN’s Strata Matters owners’ day last weekend was that neither Fair Trading nor NCAT are functioning as efficiently…
Frustration and fury – what we learned at the Strata Matters owners day
What a day! Just under 100 – and by that I mean exactly 99 – Flatchatters and OCN members turned up at the Strata Matters event on Saturday (March 10)…
Strata owners fear insurance bills as much as cladding fires
By Sue Williams Apartment owners whose buildings are covered with inflammable cladding are living in as much fear of insurance hikes as they are of fires, says a leading strata…
Roundup: Seven tricky questions for the strata experts
OK, we’ve only a few days to go until Strata Matters (aka Flat Chat Live) the OCN owners day so I thought I’d give you a taste of the questions…
Investors make more on Airbnb, says new report
Property investors – especially in strata buildings – should switch to holiday rentals instead of long-term tenancies if they want to maximise their profits, says the founder of a…
Fire safety questions have a surprisingly simple answer
Last week we looked at fire ordinances and old apartment blocks, but recent headlines have mostly been about shiny new buildings and the flammable cladding that makes them look so…
Roundup – the best of the worst of your problems
Is it possible to have too much of a good thing – or in this case, a bad thing? As part of the Strata Matters Owners Day – aka Flat…
‘Astroturf’ submissions flood holiday letting inquiry
Apologies first up to everyone who is sick of reading about short-term holiday letting in this website. If it’s any consolation, we’re sick of writing about it. However, the online…
How not to get your fingers burned over fire safety
Considering how few fatalities there are in apartment fires, the dangers from unit block blazes do seem to occupy a lot of bureaucratic brain space. On the other hand, it…
Roundup: Book now for the fun and factual Strata Matters owners day
Over here at Flat Chat we’re getting very excited about the Strata Matters owners’ day seminar thingy in a couple of weeks. Yes, we will be talking about cladding, yes…