Case study comments make compelling reading
The chilling narrative detailing how a relatively modest defects claim blew out from a ban on residents going on their balconies into a $2million legal fight makes compelling reading. However,…
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Demand for sustainable units unmet, says report
Australian apartment block developers need to build more sustainable buildings that appeal to the demands of a wider variety of longer-term buyers, including owner occupiers, ‘Build-to-rent’ investors and social housing…
Strata pros warn of EV challenges in net zero bid
The government’s plans to move to net zero emissions can’t succeed without involving the one in five Australians who live in or own in strata schemes, says a new report.…
Vic Gov deaf to strata cries for help, says SCA
In her second post to Flat Chat, Julie McLean, President of SCA Victoria (the strata professionals’ body), wonders why the state’s strata owners’ and residents’ desperate cries for help go…
Housing problems come home to roost in Budget
With Prime Minister Anthony Albanese having pledged to do something about Australia’s housing shortage, the affordability crisis and rent stress, Housing Ministers from the states and territories met this week…
Seminars: Buying trust, minding your block
There are two essential seminars coming up in the next few weeks – one online, the other in real life (with added drinks and games) – so get your diaries…
Qld plans more affordable homes, less hunger
The Queensland government may not have all the answers to its housing problems, but it certainly addressed most of the questions at its recent round table on the issue. From…
New Fair Trading minister has Western Suburbs edge
Remind us never to get into the business of political sophistry – our predictions of who would get what ministry in the new Minns government in NSW fell spectacularly short.…
Hold the avo: young buyers hungry for deposits
Spending on ‘smashed avocado’ brunches and other frivolous items is definitely not a lifestyle option for young people saving for their first home, no matter what their income level, new…
Is Victorian strata really a too-hard basket case?
COMMENTIs Victorian strata really in a state of chaos? And if that’s the case, how does that manifest itself, why is it so, and what can be done about it?…
Property boss pushes more build-to-rent blocks
The head of the developer lobby group Property Council of Australia (PCA) has urged state and federal governments to give more support to the build-to-rent, student accommodation and retirement living…
Free webinars on defects, waterproofing and S237
Waterproofing, the lack thereof or flaws therein, is consistently one of the most widely spread yet least understood issues in strata. However, the Owners Corporation Network (OCN) is making a…