Strata law reforms pushed back another six months
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…
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…
How far can you go when a stranger parks in your parking space? Actually, there’s two questions – what should you do and what can you do, legally? One recent…
There are many similarities between Federal and state politics and strata committees, including that if you promise people lower taxes, they will happily forget about all the services they want.…
The big ticket complaints in strata, like pets, parking and parties, are easy to deal with. It’s the little things that may seem inconsequential to you that drive your apartment block…
SCA NSW (the strata managers organisation) is holding a seminar on concrete cancer on April 16. A press release says the seminar will cover a range of topics relating from how…
When you live in an apartment, you expect to hear sounds of life from time to time. But how much noise is too much? And what about the noise you make…
With the NSW election looming, we thought we’d take a look at what the various parties have planned for strata residents. First up, there’s a new strata party, although officially…
Did you notice the story about micro apartments being built as affordable housing in New York? Well, I submitted a follow-up (below) in the Herald’s online page and they ran a…
Parking – along with pets and parties – is one of the perennial three P problems in strata. In this entertaining, interactive quiz, Jimmy Thomson of Flat Chat tests your…
This article was originally posted on Domain.com.au and the Sydney Morning Herald website. You can read more on the power and perils of proxy farming here: At best, it has been…
There’s another interactive quiz running over on our sister website Titlemagazine.com.au. What’s the best dog for a unit? Which state’s strata by-laws are most pet-friendly? When can a tenant have…