Where will the tenants go?
Where will tenants go when we kick them out? The proposed changes to strata law due to hit parliament later this year are apparently going to allow us to control…
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Big stink over varnish fumes
No sooner has the lingering aroma of Christmas dinners evaporated than we are off and running with a dispute over smells that has neighbours fuming. Ambrosis wrote to the Flat…
Big Brother deters dumpers
QUESTION: We have a recurring problem of residents (including departing tenants) leaving rubbish on the street verge and on common property rather than putting it in the bins. We really…
Have yourself a very strata Christmas
It’s party time again – deck the (lift) halls with boughs of holly, call the cops when next door gets too jolly. But seriously you can and should have a…
By-law change leads to heavy petting
QUESTION: My building has voted in a whole new set of by-laws, one of which says pets are OK so long as permission is sought and granted in writing. This…
Hot and bothered over kit-off Christmases
Summer is a-coming in, so it’s ‘kit-off’ time in Strataland, leading to potential source of Christmas holiday conflict … the standard by-law requiring residents to be ‘appropriately dressed’ on common…
Mystery of the missing car
A wedding dress, a missing car and a paper trail leading back to an overzealous strata manager feature in this week’s saga. It all started when Dallan gave his daughter…
Sinking under water bills
QUESTION: My rental agent has just closed, leaving the water bill unpaid for six months – having pocketed my share along the way. He sold his rental roll to another…
Breaking the mould
QUESTION: Our apartment has a mould problem that was not disclosed to us before signing the lease. We have complained about this several times since moving in 12 months ago…
Party boy pays – but Dad’s on a warning
QUESTION: While we were away recently my son held a party in our unit. One of the guests was beyond stupid and did some damage to the common property. My…
Should you fight for the right to be untidy?
QUESTION: We recently had our routine landlord’s inspection and a letter was left saying that the premises were in an “unsatisfactory condition” and would need to be re-inspected. This was…
High-rise defects: Who cares?
A decision handed down by the Supreme Court last week (Oct 10) that a builder had no ‘duty of care’ to an Owners Corporation throws yet another spanner in the…