No smoke without ire in vicious balcony battle
When Flatchatter Sorrel (not her real name) tried to do something about smoke drift from her new neighbours’ balcony into her home she found herself in a year-long battle that…
Strata-by-laws & Rules
The self-imposed strata regulations by which we are all supposed to live.
Sign up for water-proofing and WH&S webinars
Bannerman Lawyers are addressing two major strata problems with their November webinars. First in line this month that irksome issue when your bathroom or kitchen springs a leak and everyone…
All the strata law changes detailed and explained
Last week we touched on some of the proposed amendments to the NSW strata schemes Act, admittedly focussing on the “sexier” stuff like removal of barriers to pet ownership. But…
Hard lesson for defiant timber floor couple
If you are in a block where your upstairs neighbours have installed a hard floor and their stomps, clomps, thuds and scrapes are driving you mad, you might take heart…
Curb your balcony barbies before they are banned
OPINION: The recent about a successful case brought by a NSW couple to prevent their neighbours from smoking on their balcony, and their call for a state-wide ban, raised the…
Noisy flooring flaws exposed by bodged reno
Here’s a story that will bring a smile to the faces of anyone who has ever suffered the thuds and thumps of an upstairs neighbour who has put down a…
Two strata webinars you won’t want to miss
Strata is full of people offering advice and opinions based on nothing more than something they heard from someone who might not even live in an apartment … or even…
Dazed and confused by law and regs changes
Am I missing something here … apart from any ability to shrug off NSW Fair Trading’s dubious communications skills, that is? Take the announcement last week of updates to both…
Forum: Law breakers want to sue over complaints
Our “star forum post” this week (for want of a better term) concerns a resident of a mixed use block where the proprietors of the commercial units all come from…
Podcast: Petinos, pets and petty squabbles
There we were, all set with a podcast on David Chandler’s resignation in the can, when we heard that NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet had invited Fair Trading Minister Eleni Petinos…
Castle owners under siege over fire safety
People love to cite the classic Australian movie The Castle whenever bureaucracy starts interfering with our rights to do what we want in our homes. But when your strata block…
Podcast: Hope for future in strata melting pot
Having braved the wilds of Scotland and the woes of Covid, we are back with a brand new Flat Chat Wrap podcast, with our usual mixture of optimism and, it…