Tenants in, strata ‘presidents’ out, in vote shake-up
This first appeared in the Domain section of the SMH on July 25, 2015 In the raft of more than 90 proposed changes to NSW strata law released a couple…
This first appeared in the Domain section of the SMH on July 25, 2015 In the raft of more than 90 proposed changes to NSW strata law released a couple…
So you think you know a bit about strata law? How about in other states? Click on over to the Title magazine page where we a running a quiz that…
The days of the ‘fireflies’ – smokers who puff away on the balconies and terraces of their high-rise homes – are numbered in NSW. The government hasn’t banned smoking in…
Trawling through my files the other day I realised it’s been 11 years since I started writing about strata for the SMH and only slightly less than that since this…
Are landlords allowed to photograph the contents of your rented home without your permission, then advertise them on the internet to attract prospective tenants? The question is posed by Flatchatter…
There were more than 90 proposed changes to strata laws in the Draft Bills announced this week – some are massive changes in the concept of property ownership, others…
A Victorian ruling that strata block owners corporations can’t create rules (by-laws) prohibiting apartments from being let short-term could have a devastating effect on high-rise residents across the country. The…
The decision last week by Syd Fisher to put the development company behind the troubled Gazebo apartment block into liquidation has exposed one of the major problems many apartment owners…
If there is one thing that the members and managers of owners corps both love and loathe in almost equal measure, it’s Airbnb Many of us love the online accommodation…
Short-term and holiday letting hosts have been warned they could have no insurance cover if their homes are trashed by paying guests. The issue came to the fore last month…
Strata law reforms in NSW are to be delayed, yet again, with changes now not due to come into force until July next year. The plan to reform the state’s 50-year-old…
With the Block TV show apartments having very successfully gone under the hammer, all over Australia apartment owners are looking at their walls, windows and floors and wondering if a…