Talking strata (at last) on Studio 10
JimmyT goes on Channel 10’s morning show to talk strata noise, parking, by-laws and Airbnb.
Over 400 blocks identified with high-risk cladding in NSW
A total of 435 high-rise buildings at “potentially high risk” from flammable cladding fires, have been identified by the NSW state government and Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW), according to…
Quiz: Do you know your TV and movie apartments?
There’s a theory that seeing so many apartments in TV shows and movies, especially American ones, made apartment living more attractive to Australians. Maybe … maybe not. Why not have…
How your pad could star in the new series of a TV favourite
How would you like your apartment to be the star of a TV show? No, we’re not sending a bunch of Blockheads around to renovate – the second series of…
Roundup: The votes are in – noise annoys you most
Guess what! The thing that annoys us most about each other, is noise. Who knew? Far and away the most popular choice in our fun quiz about what irritates us…
Lacrosse owners take out $11m loan to replace cladding
Owners at Melbourne’s Lacrosse building have taken out an $11 million loan with strata finance providers Lannock to cover replacing the building’s combustible cladding after the fire at the residential tower in the city’s…
New hope for high-rises hijacked by criminals
I was chatting to a colleague the other day who’s just back from South Africa and she was telling me about an area of Johannesburg that experienced apartment dwellers’ worst…
Climate shame when strata airs its dirty laundry
It seems that energy prices and the belief (or not) that there’s such a thing as global warming have the power to topple Prime Ministers. The fossil fuel versus renewables…
Roundup: What made this baby so grumpy?
I couldn’t resist! Some of you missed out on this picture of what must be the grumpiest baby in the world. Due to various bits of new software it didn’t…
Quiz: Who are the Airbnb hosts with the most?
Airbnb could be the best thing that ever happened to you since you moved into an apartment … or it could be the worst. You could be one of those…
Towed away: Slack parker finds car gone
A friend in a small apartment block in Sydney recently told me a story that shows just how bad things can get when you choose to not only ignore your…
Airbnb: NSW backflips while Vic bends over
It was neither the best of times, nor the worst of times – that was all happening in Canberra – but the last two weeks have seen the parliaments of…