How the Left fluffed the forced sales laws
FLAT CHAT COMMENT by Jimmy Thomson Predictably, proposed strata law reforms have survived the NSW Parliament intact and the new world order will come into effect for the state’s 2…
Forced sales process explained
Recent reforms to NSW strata law, allowing forced sales of apartments for urban renewal, are not as simple as a developer turning up with a cheque book and carting Auntie…
Barbecue smoke ban just hot air
So smoke from barbecues on high-rise balconies is about to be banned under NSW’s proposed new strata laws? What a load of baloney! The law has long forbidden people from…
You move, you lose – at weekends
Can your owners corporation charge you for moving in and out at weekends? That’s the question asked recently by a Sydney apartment dweller – and the answer may surprise you.…
Short-term lets: ‘Sharing’ without caring
This article first appeared in Flat Chat in Domain. Click here for links to discussions on the Flat Chat Forum You may not have noticed, but a state parliament inquiry into…
Flat Chat Diary
Here is a list of upcoming strata information events for apartment owners and renters. If you have an event for strata residents that you want to publicise, please email diary@flatchat.com.au.…
Strata townhouses of horrors
If you read this originally in Domain in the SMH, you can read the original post HERE. We tend to think of the worst strata misery occurring in multi-unit high…
Flat Chat on TV
Hey, Ma! I’m on TV! A Current Affair picked up the “10 signs you should avoid some units” story and ran with it. You can see the link here there are…
10 signs you chose your unit well
Last week I wrote about the danger signs that tell you to give a potential apartment purchase or rental a bodyswerve. More than 80,000 people read that online in Domain and it’s…
Cut power to curb party animals
This Flat Chat column in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Domain section was based on THIS DISCUSSION on the Flat Chat Forum. We’re moving into party season, with footy finals,…
10 things that say ‘this flat’s not for me’
I was putting together a list for a feature on the things you should look out for when flat-hunting – the elements that should make you run a mile rather…
Key to curbing remote control freak
This originally appeared in Domain in the SMH and Financial Review. To read comments, click HERE. In strata more than anywhere else, it seems, there are certain kinds of people…