Podcast 83: Joke dad, garden secrets and pass-the-Corona party
It’s another showbag of conflict, calm and coronavirus craziness on the Flat Chat Wrap podcast this week. First, inspired by a question from our Forum, we discuss what you can…
Falconio facts and fictions – how they got it so wrong
JimmyT revisits the murky world of the TV “investigation” of the Peter Falconio murder … Those of you who’ve been transfixed by the unexplained mysteries and “new evidence” presented by…
Forum: dad and daughter double act driving us mad
Dealing with rude and bossy owners on your committee is hard enough but confronting the entitled, non-resident relatives of owners is a whole other set of soul-sapping challenges. This week,…
Podcast 82: Dogs, design and Donald Trump
If you are up to your eyes in paint, tiles and taps – or even better, just looking through the brochures as you prepare the domestic make-over you can’t put…
Strata managers warn of covid complacency
Apartment residents need to stay vigilant if they don’t want to see high-rise lockdowns of the type that recently shut down nine unit blocks in Victoria, say strata managers. “We’re…
Todd Squad unleashed on dog ban unit block
Star of stage musicals like the Boy From Oz, and former Dancing with the Stars judge Todd McKenney has weighed into a Sydney pensioner’s battle to keep his greyhound after…
Forum: Parking madness and untraceable tenants
Apologies for leading off on parking issues two weeks in a row but this one is such a doozy that it has even made it to our podcast. The problems…
Podcast 81 – Negative equity & positive plans
In this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast we encounter the best and worst in apartment living, from negative equity in off-the plan purchases, to multiple tenants causing parking chaos in…
How strata apathy can cost you big-time
Owning in strata is not easy. The personalities and power games, the complex laws, the myriad variations of by-laws, and the differing levels of respect for them are deterrent enough…
Building regs come back to bite gov in new Opal claim
The government’s new regulations on building defects may have come back to bite them on the bum, with owners of apartments in the infamous Opal Tower in Sydney suing the…
Forum: Can we turn extra space into more parking?
Among the perennial Flat Chat Forum issues, parking is right up there with pets, parties and parquet flooring. And among all the parking questions, the most common are probably queries…
Podcast 80 – Shape of strata blocks to come
In this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast, in the run-up to the Australian architectural awards, we talk about some of the innovative apartment block designs that made it the short-list.…