Flat Chat Wrap #25 – Working out what to do and what you need in your gym
JimmyT and fitness trainer Shannon Cleary discuss what works and what doesn’t in apartment block gyms … and what to do if you don’t have one.
Dog parks, virtual golf and club rooms – the future of apartment living
There is a growing division in the world of apartment living and it’s not, for a change, between owners and renters. It’s between the haves and the have-nots. There are…
Flat Chat Wrap #24: Silly by-laws to orgies – a strata manager speaks
JimmyT talks to Tim Sara, a senior manager at one of Australia’s biggest strata management companies – and reveals both the light and dark side of a challenging career.
From the Forum: Treasurer pumping cash for dubious rent of space
There are times when strata committee office-bearers get themselves into trouble for no good reason, like simply failing to keep their paperwork up to date. And there are others when…
PODCAST: Silly by-laws to sex orgies – a strata manager reveals all
When Flat Chat started about 15 years ago, strata managers were (we thought) public enemy number one. And it’s more than likely the feeling was mutual. We won’t go into…
Owners in nine blocks told to check slabs over suspect engineering
Owners in nine different apartment blocks have been ordered to have their building structures checked because of concerns about the way they were constructed. The blocks, in Darwin and nearby…
Flat Chat Wrap #24: Silly by-laws to orgies – a strata manager speaks
JimmyT talks to Tim Sara, a senior manager at one of Australia’s biggest strata management companies – and reveals both the light and dark side of a challenging career.
What to do when your door lock is spying on you
A couple of weeks ago, in the Flat Chat Wrap podcast, we talked about a woman in a Sydney apartment block who was locked out of her building when she…
Profits of doom – can we afford not to build affordable housing?
In the heat of an election campaign when the threat to property investors’ tax breaks if Labor wins power is seen as a fundamental challenge to both house prices and…
Flat Chat Wrap #23 – Airbnb code of conduct, developers go “crowd” and a horse in a townhouse (???)
Jimmy T and Sue Williams explore the latest developments in the strataverse … and come up with some very odd stories indeed.
From the Forum – Flap over funny finances
Most of the arguments in strata come down to money. Even disputes over visitor parking end up with “I own a share of this and visitors haven’t paid a cent…
Playing the age card to woo younger residents
The property developers lobby group the Urban Taskforce has taken a radical step towards setting the agenda over apartment building recently, with a web and Facebook campaign aimed at getting …