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The self-imposed strata regulations by which we are all supposed to live.

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Webinar: Q&A with strata lawyer in the hotseat

  • 12/05/2022
  • Author Jimmy-T

If you haven’t lost your zest for Zoom, even though many people are back in their offices, there’s a strata-related webinar you could check out this week. In a session…

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    Forum: When rising damp is no laughing matter

    • 26/04/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    One of the funniest shows ever on TV was a British sitcom called Rising Damp. What does it have to do with strata? Well, it was about young and not-so-young…

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      EV charging: Power games and current resistance

      • 26/04/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Here on the Flat Chat website, the issue of electric vehicle charging has been one of the most-read and most-commented topics we have had of late. Personal stories on the…

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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: EV doc block shock and green backflip

          • 12/04/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          It’s another bumper podcast this week with some topics revisited, some from the Forum and others that are fresh out of the Flat Chat hot cross bunfight oven. First up,…

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            Podcast: Will data diving replace tenant checks?

            • 05/04/2022
            • Author Jimmy-T

            A couple of weeks ago we received a press release from a company called Equifax who are a data analysis company that specialises in credit checks, among other things. Those…

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              Would you elect a tenant to your committee?

              • 29/03/2022
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Years ago I heard about a building in Sydney that was totally dominated by a long-running chairman who was an autocrat and a bully. Residents found his “my way or…

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                Forum: Threatened with fine over late-night chats

                • 15/03/2022
                • Author Jimmy-T

                We’re not judging here but sometimes a question reveals as much about the questioner as it does about the subject.  This week one Flatchatter has asked how she can be…

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                  Podcast: Causing strata strife is not okay, Boomers

                  • 15/03/2022
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  Entitled, arrogant, ignorant and occasionally abusive – those are some of the accusations that have been levelled at the latest band of baddies to emerge in strata: downsizing Baby Boomers.…

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                    Forum: Owner uses pool despite having moved out

                    • 08/03/2022
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    There are times when what’s right and what’s legal seem to be in direct conflict – and strata is one of those areas of life replete with these tricky, quirky…

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                      By-laws that someday you’ll want in your block

                      • 06/03/2022
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      Few if any apartment residents love the idea of by-laws telling them what to do … until a neighbour does something they don’t like and they discover there’s no easy…

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                        OCN issues revised Airbnb by-law after NCAT ruling

                        • 28/02/2022
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        As we reported last week, when the owner of two properties in a Sydney Olympic Park complex challenged their identical by-laws restricting short-term holiday lets, an NCAT member had found…

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