Forum: Anti-pet chair undermining sales pitch
What do you do when your neighbours actively undermine your attempts to get a decent price when you try to sell your unit? Nowhere near the same scale as our…
Police death crash accused was ‘neighbour from Hell’
The Porche driver who taunted a dying policewoman after a roadside multi-fatality crash may be the ultimate apartment neighbour from Hell, according to a story in the Age and Sydney…
Podcast 77 – cowboys, counselling and comedy
There are just two main discussions in this week’s podcast but the topics are both hugely significant in very different ways. In the first we look at the new powers…
Time Fair Trading and NCAT were sin-binned
It’s been a while since I said this – and it’s something I should put in my diary for every three months or so – but isn’t it time the…
Building commish gets the tools to hammer cowboys
NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler can finally get on with cleaning out the apartment building industry, with the NSW government passing two key pieces of legislation this week. His planned reforms,…
From the Forum: $300k levy under cover of Covid
Are some strata committees taking advantage of the Covid-19 crisis to push through extreme measures while half their residents are still struggling to get their Zoom or Skype working ?…
Podcast 76: Pet bans, live crabs and gov-love for holiday rentals
There’s plenty of variety in this week’s forum, from pets to concieges, and from tourism promotions to a survey that suggests lower-income individuals and families do it toughest in apartment…
Change your mindset in a crisis – free webinars
At a time when we are all worried about work, or the lack of it, or where we can do it, or going back to it, plus our own health…
NSW Tourism promotes Sydney residential flats
Tourism NSW’s Now’s The Time To Love NSW campaign has a sting in its tale for Sydney apartment residents. The state government’s tourism arm has put its considerable promotional weight behind…
Low-income families hit hardest by unit-living’s many challenges
Too many Australians living in apartments have too little choice over where they live, are disproportionately affected by the challenges of apartment living, and are less likely to have the…
Pet bans are back as big blocks win appeals
Pet owners in two of Sydney’s most prominent apartment buildings are now wondering if they will have to move out or get rid of their pets following a decision by…
Forum: Sub-committees subterfuge and secrets
Imagine, you are sitting in on a strata committee meeting, unable to speak, and the chair gets to an agenda item that says something vague like “Parking Sub-committee”. The chair…