Flat Chat Wrap #20 – New minister, good and bad laws, and the pet loophole
JimmyT and Sue Williams ask the big questions about the new strata minister … like, who is he? Plus the best and worst of Australia’s strata laws and what makes…
The Forum – Persecution starts with a pee
Are you a victim of strata committee bullying or are you just a “known troublemaker”? Even if you’re not, chances are that if you live in strata, you know someone…
Podcast – Buy a $1.2m penthouse on the Minister’s home turf
Fancy a 400 sqm penthouse with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two parking spaces plus uninterrupted city and parkland views … for only $1.19 million? Interested? Why wouldn’t you be? This…
Flat Chat Wrap #20 – New minister, good and bad laws, and the pet loophole
JimmyT and Sue Williams ask the big questions about the new strata minister … like, who is he? Plus the best and worst of Australia’s strata laws and what makes…
Are these the best strata laws in Australia?
Even given the many and great differences between our states’ strata laws, you might think it should be possible for us to distil the best of them into one cohesive…
Carping and complaining – the other side of naming and shaming
Last week we published this article about how strata committees naming, blaming and shaming residents with whom they disagree can lead to a whole raft of other problems. These range…
Strata insurance and the effects of defects
We all know that building defects aren’t covered by strata insurance. You didn’t? Well, now you do. Your strata insurance covers the scheme for accidents and incidents, not wear and…
Flat Chat Wrap #19: Shoes in lobbies and snooping neighbours
Jimmy Thomson and Sue Williams take a wry – and slightly bruised – look at what’s attracting mail to the Flat Chat Forum.
Podcast: I spy with my little … camera
Sometimes it’s the silliness of strata that gets to you. That’s not to say we don’t take it seriously here, it’s just that you occasionally have to wonder at the…
In the Forum: Rushing to judge our new Minister
I was pulled up today by one of our Stratagurus, this week for jumping to conclusions about Kevin Anderson, our new man in charge of NSW strata. A Nationals MP…
Flat Chat Wrap #19: Shoes in lobbies and snooping neighbours
Jimmy Thomson and Sue Williams take a wry – and slightly bruised – look at what’s attracting mail to the Flat Chat Forum.
Strata giant strides into ‘free advice’ territory
Those of you who still buy and read newspapers (bless your cotton socks) might have noticed a sticker the other day advertising a new strata advice service called Stratafaq. If…