[egoode]

Hmm hearing about these garbage chute issues is making me glad I’ve moved into a new building that has decided to not have a garbage chute at all so we have to walk everything down to the bin room. It definitely does promote recycling and our building has it split between, soft plastics, paper & cardboard, green waste and then mixed items like glass, hard plastics, tin etc. We even have a clothes donation bin which goes to a charity which I thought was a great idea.

Only one thing we are missing is a hard rubbish collection and have seen a few mattresses left down there already!

[egoode]

It would be good to see some of the changes happening in NSW be adopted in other states as well.

[egoode]

Thanks for the information about insurance I’m not moving until October so have a bit of time investigate insurance options. Appreciate all your help.

[egoode]

Sorry to hear about your experience 86_strata. I’ve actually never had contents insurance in any of my previous properties and maybe I’ve just been lucky and haven’t had anything stolen but maybe it is something I need to look into or maybe there’s some specific bike insurance I can look into as that’s the main item I’m worried about.

[egoode]

Thanks for the replies the inspection I did was the pre-purchase inspection to look for defects etc before it is handed over as it’s a new build and no one has moved in yet so no history to be able to look up about previous thefts but I know in this area there is a lot of thefts from apartment car parks and storage cages especially of bikes. The cages already have the same mesh wire on the roof which apparently was installed so the fire sprinklers don’t get blocked by people’s belongings. The car park/basements can only be accessed via a car lift or via elevator/fire stairs which all of those need a fob to access the levels so might not be as easy to access as other apartment carparks that have a roller door and ramp.

I might just get a good padlock and not put anything I care too much about losing initially and just assess how it goes first. I could store my bike initially in my apartment but there’s limited space so not a great solution long term.

[egoode]

Good to see this is being discussed more. I’m lucky that the off plan apartment I’m buying in Melbourne and is due to be completed in the next few months has recently added the option to include an EV charger for my car space. Unfortunately they can only supply them for around 50% of the available car spaces. I do think people purchasing off plan need to start requesting this be included in the plans for the building as I’ve seen very few new buildings offer the infrastructure.

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