Your chance to ask or answer questions about strata – or just read about other people’s issues.
Welcome to the Flat Chat Forum where your questions can be answered by me (JimmyT), one of our Stratagurus, industry experts or other readers who’ve had similar issues. Anyone can read all the material but you have to register (just once) and log in (each session) to ask or answer questions. NB: When you register, please do not use your real name or email address as your screen name. Identifying yourself also identifies anyone you are complaining about and that could lead to legal problems.
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The Professionals
Strata managers, lawyers, building managers etc
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- Old records for new strata management 10 hours, 30 minutes ago
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The Professionals
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Levies and Unit Entitlements
What you pay and why you pay it
- 198
- Reply To: Special levy alternative 10 hours, 31 minutes ago
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Levies and Unit Entitlements
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From the Front Page
Comment on our stories and posts
- 593
- Chandler resignation letter bombshell 22 hours, 34 minutes ago
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From the Front Page
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Living in strata
Odds and ends from daily strata living
- Strata living in Queensland
Strata laws are very different in Queensland - from two-tier levies to 25-year management contracts. Here are some examples of Qld-specific strife - Living in Victoria strata
Odds and ends from daily strata living in Victoria where the strata laws are just a bit different
- Strata living in Queensland
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- Reply To: air conditioning proposal rejected 23 hours, 20 minutes ago
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Living in strata
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Common Property
Who owns what and what can you do
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- Reply To: OC maintains hedge that only benefits one end of the block 1 day ago
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Common Property
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By-laws and outlaws
Rules, regulations ... and rebels
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- Reply To: Nuisance allegation about me in AGM agenda 2 days, 19 hours ago
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By-laws and outlaws
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Talkin’ ’bout a renovation
Blame TV's the Block for reno rage
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- Reply To: Reno rules – even Planning Dept isn’t sure 1 week ago
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Talkin’ ’bout a renovation
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Smoke gets in your eyes
... from neighbours' units, balconies and common property
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- Reply To: Forcing the whole block to be non-smoking? 1 week, 2 days ago
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Smoke gets in your eyes
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Parking Peeves
The perpetual pain of rogue parkers
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- Reply To: Conflict of interest in car park dispute 1 week, 3 days ago
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Parking Peeves
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Airbnb and holiday lets
When holiday rentals are no fun for residents
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- Reply To: Take negative gearing away from airbnb hosts 2 weeks ago
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Airbnb and holiday lets
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Company Title
And you thought strata law was complicated ...
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- Reply To: Company Title to Strata conversion concern 2 weeks, 2 days ago
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Company Title
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Two-unit strata
Duplexes and villas - a problem shared is a problem doubled
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- Reply To: Is merging two lots into one a good idea or a waste of time and money? 3 weeks ago
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Two-unit strata
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NCAT – the NSW Tribunal
The body that decides what's right and who's wrong
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- Reply To: Assistance with NCAT Appeal without Lawyers 4 weeks, 1 day ago
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NCAT – the NSW Tribunal
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Is it really easy being green?
Greening your block to save money ... and the planet
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- Reply To: Funding for Nature Strip Garden 1 month, 1 week ago
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Is it really easy being green?
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Buying and Selling
The biggest deal most of us will ever do
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- Reply To: Strata plan registration delay 1 month, 1 week ago
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Buying and Selling
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Pets: Furry friends … or fiends?
Animals in apartments and all that entails
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- Reply To: Dog barking – committee not taking action 2 months ago
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Pets: Furry friends … or fiends?
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Rental rants
Tenants and landlords have their say
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- Renting illicitly in a commercial lot – am I unprotected? 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Rental rants
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Strata Committees
Kind hearts and control freaks
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- Reply To: Motivating a Do-Nothing Committee 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Strata Committees
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Dirty Linen
Drying laundry on balconies - the debate heats up
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- Reply To: Balcony laundry blues 2 months, 4 weeks ago
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Dirty Linen
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Proxies – blind faith or good sense?
Ruling the roost with a fistful of votes
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- Reply To: AGM, SM and bullies 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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Proxies – blind faith or good sense?
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New to strata – or just strata-curious
Welcome to the wonderful world of strata living
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- Reply To: Neighbour dispute & VCAT 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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New to strata – or just strata-curious
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Neighbour noise
Are your neighbours too noisy ... or too nosy?
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- Reply To: Warning over late-night chats in our yard 4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Neighbour noise
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Hard floors and tough decisions
Stamping out the stomps and clomps
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- Reply To: Committee approving non-compliant flooring 6 months ago
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Hard floors and tough decisions
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How to use this forum
A simple guide to getting your message across. Please IGNORE the "start new topic" button. Please do not post or ask questions in this section - find one closest to your topic or you risk all your hard work and urgent questions being automatically binned.
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- Reply To: Easier “quoting” in replies 7 months, 1 week ago
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How to use this forum
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Community Title
Community, Precinct and Neighbourhood Associations
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- Reply To: Lot owners not maintaining own property in community title strata 1 year ago
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Community Title
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Collective sales – the 75 percent solution
How 75 percent of strata owners in NSW can compel the others to sell
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- Reply To: Majority wants to transfer responsibility for common property to owners 1 year, 1 month ago
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Collective sales – the 75 percent solution
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Why I love apartment living
It's not all doom and gloom and apartment living can be great when you get it right. Can't it? Say something positive right here.
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- Reply To: No worries, mate 3 years, 1 month ago
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Why I love apartment living