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  • 30/01/2025 at 4:32 am #77774 Reply | Quote
    Jimmy-T
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      A modest 18-apartment block in Sydney’s inner west was the very first strata scheme in the world but it sparked a global revolution in the way we live and own our homes, writes Friend of Flat Chat, Tony Cordato.

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    • 04/02/2025 at 5:32 pm #77821 Reply
      The Hood
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        Jimmy-T wrote:

        A modest 18-apartment block in Sydney’s inner west was the very first strata scheme in the world but it sparked a global revolution in the way we live and own our homes, writes Friend of Flat Chat, Tony Cordato

        I think you will find there are those who appreciate Australia was not first.
        May i suggest a quick read of pages 9 and 10 of Strata Title Property Rights by Prof Cathy Sherry.

        Wohnungsiegentumsgesetz 1951
        https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_woeigg/englisch_woeigg.html
        (The German Condo Act as some call it)

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        04/02/2025 at 5:36 pm #77823 Reply
        Jimmy-T
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          Maybe we should have added the standard rider we attach to most exceptionalities in this country – the largest, tallest, fastest and first “in the Southern Hemisphere.”

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          15/02/2025 at 5:26 pm #78062 Reply
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            Isn’t that amazing! we were the first in the world. it almost makes it a joy to be part of such a scheme.

            Thing is it is not always great. too much room for politics and even bullying I find.

            One person, who owns a large number of apartments in a block can more or less run the whole show at their whim, which is what happened where I live now.

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            15/02/2025 at 5:29 pm #78071 Reply
            Jimmy-T
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              strata fascist wrote:

              Thing is it is not always great. too much room for politics and even bullying I find.

              Being the first means we also have the most evolved strata laws and culture – meaning the bullies can be dealt with… if you’re prepared to go to the barricades to get it done.  It’s more easily said than done, I know, but if a situation becomes intolerable, there are ways you can fix it.

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              18/02/2025 at 10:53 pm #78088 Reply
              The Hood
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                strata fascist wrote:

                Isn’t that amazing! we were the first in the world. it almost makes it a joy to be part of such a scheme.

                Did you not read the posts above; we were not first.
                There are a number of others who were doing this sort of thing before we stepped up.
                Again; may i suggest a quick read of pages 9 and 10 of Strata Title Property Rights by Prof Cathy Sherry.

                Myth busted.

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                18/02/2025 at 10:54 pm #78098 Reply
                Jimmy-T
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                  The Hood wrote:

                  Did you not read the posts above; we were not first.

                  I see the irony by-pass has taken.

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