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Best way to contact the Strata Taskforce

  • 11/04/2025
  • Author Jimmy-T

Our 'direct line' to the Strata Taskforce turns out to be a long way round for readers seeking urgent answers to pressing strata questions.

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    Should we let micro-blocks ignore strata law?

    • 25/06/2024
    • Author Jimmy-T

    In this week’s guest post from our friend Francesco Andreone of GoStrata, he wonders if it’s time to think differently about micro strata buildings.   There’s a lot of them, they…

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      Now there’s a smarter way to get strata facts

      • 08/02/2024
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Being an owner of strata property can be a bit too much to think about for anyone seeking the quiet apartment life, sipping coffee on the balcony and scrolling through…

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        How Gigacomm got our home office internet gig

        • 24/08/2023
        • Author Jimmy-T

        I’m a bit of a geek and I love my gadgets but I am as nervous as anyone when it comes to untried and untested technology – especially in strata…

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          Webinars on boundary disputes and sustainability

          • 08/08/2023
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Our friends and sponsors Bannerman Lawyers have already kicked off their August webinars and you’ll have to be quick off the mark to sign up for the first one on…

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            Affordable or sustainable – can’t we have both?

            • 22/06/2023
            • Author Jimmy-T

            Climate change deniers aside, most people agree that taking steps towards sustainability in an effort to curb global heating is a desirable aim. Meanwhile, opportunist property investors excluded, there is…

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              How owners and media keep a lid on problems

              • 28/03/2023
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Our media has a strange relationship with strata issues. It’s often a passive conspiracy of silence between journalists and owners, in which secrecy, confusion, erroneous assumptions and wilful ignorance either…

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                Benchmarking Qld strata scheme running costs

                • 21/03/2023
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Comparing the costs of running different strata blocks can be like measuring apples against oranges – or apples and ducks, more like. How do you set a benchmark for costs…

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                  Another builder opts for the brain drain

                  • 31/01/2023
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  The whole question of why experienced waterproofers are being allowed to leave the building industry has generated a lot of comment. Here one 14-year veteran explains what the challenges are…

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                    Water-proofing expert quits over new law

                    • 24/01/2023
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    Last week a builder and waterproofer emailed us in despair.  New regulations make it almost impossible for him to continue doing the work he’s been performing efficiently and effectively for…

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                      Webinar to tackle common property questions

                      • 11/01/2023
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      Is the wall between my bathroom and lounge room common property? What about my ceiling?  Or my floating timber floor? The questions of what is or isn’t common property and…

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                        Huge flood damage bills flow on to Owners Corps

                        • 12/12/2022
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        Water leaks and faulty waterproofing are the bane of strata residents and managements’ lives.  Modern buildings are designed to withstand a fair amount of rain but the recent downpours across…

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