Residents of the 130-plus apartments in the Mascot Tower apartment block in Sydney’s South were evacuated over the weekend when cracks in walls and supporting beams suddenly widened. JimmyT and…
It’s been a while since we’ve had a forum post about a committee that’s gone “rogue” – making decisions without consulting other owners and awarding themselves all sorts of perks.…
For obvious reasons, our podcast this week is about the Mascot Tower crisis. We recorded the podcast before we were aware of the story in today’s Financial Review revealing that…
Residents of the 130-plus apartments in the Mascot Tower apartment block in Sydney’s South were evacuated over the weekend when cracks in walls and supporting beams suddenly widened. JimmyT and…
It’s hard to know exactly how to respond to the chaos at Mascot Towers. If you haven’t heard, last weekend hundreds of residents were forced to leave a South Sydney…
This week, JimmyT and Sue Williams discuss the brand new empty flats that investors are “warehousing” – keeping them locked up and unlived in – until the property market improves.…
It’s been a bit quiet on the Forum front, what with the long weekend and all. But the saddest story of the week is probably the smallest in terms of…
Since our last podcast took us to Russia, we thought we’d stay a lot closer to home with this week’s. A story in the Australian newspaper caught our eye, concerning…
This week, JimmyT and Sue Williams discuss the brand new empty flats that investors are “warehousing” – keeping them locked up and unlived in – until the property market improves.…
Do you ever get the urge to stand for election to your strata committee? Are you convinced you could do a better job than the existing members? Do you want…
Australian apartment owners in buildings fitted with flammable cladding face bills of up to one quarter of the value of their homes, according to a new report. And state governments…
Looking back over that past 15 years or so of Flat Chat, it’s interesting to note the issues that have come and gone. A couple of years ago, arguments about…