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Lack of foreign investors to hit rental supply

  • 12/04/2022
  • Author Jimmy-T

The continuing absence of overseas investors from the Australian property market, added to many local investors’ reluctance to buy new and off-the-plan properties, may lead to a significant undersupply of…

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    ‘Free money’ for blocks with budget shortfalls

    • 12/04/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    Strata schemes are being offered what could be, if they choose, “free money” to fill the holes in their budgets created by owners defaulting on their levies. And assistance is…

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      Losers pay: Special levies mandatory for NCAT cases

      • 12/04/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Listen up all you litigious committee members! We have discovered something via the Flat Chat Forum that should make every strata committee in NSW think long and hard before they…

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        Covid housing response ‘fast but patchy’ – report

        • 08/04/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        National and state governments’ housing policy responses to the pandemic were fast and mostly effective but too often it was left to landlords and tenants to carry the weight of…

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          After the deluge: when mould takes hold

          • 05/04/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          With impeccable timing, given the OCN webinar on waterproofing today (Wednesday, April 6), here’s a Sydney Morning Herald Lifestyle section report by Sue Williams about how mould can come into…

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            Forum: Roof built over yard without permission

            • 22/03/2022
            • Author Jimmy-T

            QUESTION OF THE WEEK: An owner in a townhouse has built a roof over their courtyard without permission. A Flatchatter has asked whether the owners corporation should ask for this…

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              Podcast: When your fabulous view disappears

              • 22/03/2022
              • Author Jimmy-T

              We’ve plundered the Flat Chat Forum for talking points this week, but first we discuss an issue that’s come to Sue from one of her Domain readers. Did you know…

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                Burning questions about fire inspections answered

                • 21/03/2022
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Recently, there have been a number of questions about fire safety inspections and measures on the Flat Chat Forum. Last week, one of our Flatchatters, an accredited Fire Safety Practitioner,…

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                  Pitfalls and perils at a new block’s initial AGM

                  • 14/03/2022
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  The initial AGM of a new building is an exciting, confusing and challenging event, especially for first-time owners.  But the more things you get right there, the easier life will…

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                    Online strata committee elections – the result is in

                    • 21/12/2021
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    We all thought Covid-19 and Zoom meetings were behind us until Omicron emerged to scare the bejayzus out of us all over again. And with the prospect that we may…

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                      Forum: Owner falls foul of strict window by-law

                      • 07/12/2021
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      There’s a mixture of Forum posts this week – new questions and answers and some ongoing discussions. One fresh conundrum concerns an owner who’s fallen foul of by-laws related to…

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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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