Forum: Neighbour below loitering within tent
Apologies for the punny headline, but I couldn’t resist. Now, to get serious, sometimes a question reveals how lacking education about strata issues is, especially in states where media coverage…
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Forum: Can an unseen screen alter ‘appearance’?
Having spent years trying to answer readers’ questions or, more to the point, allowing Flatchatters to answer each other’s, I have a question for you. I have recently bought an…
Forum: Would you let an American staffy in?
We have all become used to the idea that you can’t ban all pets or even all dogs from your strata block, but can you ban them selectively? The theory…
Forum: SC members get $5K cards for spending
How much do you trust your committee members? Would you give them or even just your office-bearers each a $5k debit card so they could pay bills as and when…
Forum: Hoarder leaves us with another fine mess
This week’s weird and not-so wonderful story comes straight out of one of those TV reality shows about hoarders getting their home cleaned up for free. Our Flatchatter has a…
Forum: Stripping away sneaky voting powers
One of the small but significant changes proposed in the strata laws currently making their way through the NSW parliament will be that powers of attorney votes (POA) will be…
Forum: Who exits when one owner has an AVO?
Here’s a tricky one for all you legal eaglets, a chance to scratch your Rumpole itch. An owner successfully applies for an Apprehended Personal Violence Order against a committee member.…
Forum: Tenant running day-care in her garage
Here’s one for the ages. We have all heard how hard it is to get childcare places and how expensive they are when you get them. So what does the…
Forum: TV strata report misses the point, as usual
Every time tabloid newspapers or TV magazine news show try to get into a strata issues, they invariably get it wrong. For instance, it has been alleged that residents in…
Forum: Cost cuts target legals and managers
The poll we’ve been conducting for the past week has been very revealing. Okay, two of the top four items that you would cut back if your budgets got a…
Poll: What would you cut in your strata budget?
If you had to make cuts in your strata spending, where would the axe fall first? Budgetting is crucially important today with the cost of living going up and inflation…
Forum: Let the kids play … somewhere else
The big carry-over Forum debate this week isn’t about pursuing levies debts – that’s sooo last week – it’s about whether kids should be prevented from playing on a common…