RANT: Failure to fix and the flowchart of fury
RANT: When your strata committee says "no" because they don't know, or they don't want to know, you have to tell them to go with the flow.
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Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat – Part 1
Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat Part 1 brings you lithium batteries, balcony Vegepods, black mould and underperforming strata committees
Secrets of strata living … it’s all in the game
How can we prepare future generations for their lives in flats and townhouses, asks a leading strata manager. The answer may be in game play.
Two easy ways to fix strata – and one toughie
Two easy ways to fix strata problems, and one tough one, that would get rid of conflicts of interest and dodgy contracts in one fell swoop.
Poll votes reveal two distinct faces of strata
Our online poll has revealed two different communities that need support in strata - long-suffering old hands and naive newbies who may not know what they're getting into.
Time to finally end the disruptive low levies lurk
Developers can still emply a low levies lurk, setting fees at unfeasibly low rates to attract buyers, then sit back and watch as they rise to meet real needs and…
Defame game – when it’s okay to criticise
With all the various defamation trials we’ve seen recently, it’s only natural that anyone who’s going to criticise anyone for anything might be a little concerned. And before I type…
It takes all sorts: 20 years of strata squabbles
For the past few weeks, we have been running pieces by our friend Francesco Andreone of GoStrata. Last week I returned the favour by providing him with my recollections of…
Common Property – all cost, little real value
In this week’s guest post from our friend Francesco Andreone of GoStrata, he’s going to make you think about assumptions we’ve all made about common property in our strata buildings –…
Thirty years on, strata scandal history repeats
Subscribers to our newsletter will have already seen this but I thought it was worth a wider readership – JT. There’s a saying along the lines of “those who do…
We’re Back – Lawyer in the Hotseat returns
Back by popular demand, join JimmyT as he fires questions that are both curly and sometimes quirky, but always informative, at David Bannerman, principal of Bannermans Lawyers. Kicking off at 3.30…
Stuff strata reform – give us a revolution!
So, 2024 is here and, while it may promise to be the Year of the Flat in some quarters, I’m more interested in strata revolution than resolutions. What do I…