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Flat Chat Wrap #13 – On air with James Valentine and more from Alex Greenwich

  • 20/02/2019
  • Author Jimmy-T

Talking off-the-plan purchases and defects – plus your calls – with James Valentine.  And why Sydney MP Alex Greenwich thinks Airbnb is bad for Sydney renters, and Mark Latham will…

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    Roundup: I’m being stalked by a creepy neighbour

    • 20/02/2019
    • Author Jimmy-T

    Every so often someone sends a post to the Flat Cat Forum and it touches a surprising nerve.  This week, a Flatchatter asked what she could do about a stalker…

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      Podcast: On radio with James Valentine and more from Alex Greenwich

      • 20/02/2019
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Chatting with James Valentine on air the other day, I was suddenly aware of how immune (or is it inured?) one can become to the idiocies of strata living. James…

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        Flat Chat Wrap #13 – On air with James Valentine and more from Alex Greenwich

        • 19/02/2019
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Talking off-the-plan purchases and defects – plus your calls – with James Valentine.  And why Sydney MP Alex Greenwich thinks Airbnb is bad for Sydney renters, and Mark Latham will…

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          New strata service bridges gap to professional advice

          • 19/02/2019
          • Author Jimmy-T

          This week we welcome our new sponsors Strata Answers, a service that’s set up to bridge the gap between free advice like Flat Chat, and the full-fare professional services offered…

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            Strata defect laws need an injection of Fair Go

            • 16/02/2019
            • Author Jimmy-T

            With Sydney Olympic Park’s Opal building crumbling on one side, and buildings in Melbourne going up in flames on the other, NSW Better Regulation Minister Matt Kean had to do…

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              Posh party animals trash Airbnb rental as holiday lets face global curbs

              • 14/02/2019
              • Author Jimmy-T

              While local residents in Byron Bay have been offered the prospect of some respite from the incursion of holiday letting agencies into residential homes, it seems no one is immune…

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                Flat Chat Wrap #12 – The ups and downs of apartment living with Sydney MP Alex Greenwich

                • 13/02/2019
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Talking apartments, Airbnb, pets, the Opal, defects, cladding and all things apartment related with Sydney MP Alex Greenwich

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                  Roundup: How Byron Bay got an Airbnb bypass

                  • 13/02/2019
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  You may not have noticed, but the NSW government on Monday seriously modified its “come on down” attitude to holiday lets in the state – at least as far as…

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                    Podcast: Parliamentary panic behind short-term letting U-turn

                    • 13/02/2019
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    This week our podcast is given over to an extended chat with NSW Independent MP for Sydney, Alex Greenwich. I’ve come across many politicians in this game. Most have been…

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                      Flat Chat Wrap #12 – The ups and downs of apartment living with Sydney MP Alex Greenwich

                      • 12/02/2019
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      Talking apartments, Airbnb, pets, the Opal, defects, cladding and all things apartment related with Sydney MP Alex Greenwich

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                        Gentrification sees gyms take over Kings Cross

                        • 10/02/2019
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        The gentrification of Kings Cross, the upsurge in the number of high-end apartments and the withering effect of the lock-out laws on licensed premises have combined to unexpected effect, writes Sue Williams. You…

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