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Missing Mascot papers prove value of the Hub

  • 27/06/2022
  • Author Jimmy-T

As if the former residents of Mascot Towers in Sydney weren’t doing it tough enough, last month they received another blow and it’s one that smacks of local government incompetence,…

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    Still seeing that damned barking chihuaua?

    • 29/05/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    Are you getting frustrated because every time you log on to Flat Chat you just go to the same page with the same old stories, including one about an incessantly…

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      Different strata strokes for different states’ folks

      • 19/04/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      As we frequently remind readers, strata laws are different across the different states in Australia.  Sometimes the differences are minor but occasionally they are glaring and speak to the culture…

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        Podcast: When what you see is not what you’ll get

        • 19/04/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        This week, we delve into the dark arts employed by real estate agents and property stylists to persuade you that an absolute lemon is, in fact, your dream “forever home.”…

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          How styling can mask a pile of property problems

          • 18/04/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          A cooling property market has led to estate agents having to work just a bit harder to move apartments and houses.  And, as Sue Williams reports, that has meant some…

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            Architect anger, developer delight at planning backflip

            • 05/04/2022
            • Author Jimmy-T

            NSW architects have slammed the state government’s backflip on proposals to compel developers to include sustainable elements in new designs and steer clear of flood and bush-fire susceptible areas, labelling…

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              SM contracts to be fixed but not set in stone

              • 17/01/2022
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Contracts between strata managers and owners corporations have been accused of being one-sided, rigid and unfair, but they are unlikely to be replaced by standard statutory contracts any time soon…

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                Forum: Time to rewrite strata manager contracts?

                • 04/01/2022
                • Author Jimmy-T

                The standard strata management agreement – as issued by Strata Community Australia – is a brute of a document. And while it’s not an mandatory form as, for instance, the…

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                  States play catch-up with strata law proposals

                  • 07/12/2021
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  Anyone keeping even just half an eye on events in StrataLand for the past week or so would be forgiven for thinking our state bodies – Better Regulation in NSW…

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                    Hi-viz commish kicking butt and naming names

                    • 28/09/2021
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    To some, he’s a knight in shining armour, a hero in a hi-viz. To others, he’s the devil incarnate. But wherever anyone might stand on the subject of rampaging NSW…

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