How to nail rogue renovators
Bang, crash, wallop … drrrrr, brrrrooop, thud-thud-thud. That’s the sound of your weekend when rogue renovators are at work. It’s also a noise that greets way too many strata residents…
Roundup: Fixing a hole in the strata-sphere
AS we have said many times in the past, there is a great big hole in the otherwise comprehensive advice offered by Fair Trading to strata residents. We have all…
Standing orders: Rules for running committees
Elsewhere we have discussed the need for rules and guidelines on how to run committees. ‘Standing Orders’ as they are often known, are different from a Code of Conduct in…
Strata bullies and how to shut them up
How do you stop a loud-mouthed bully from dominating a strata committee? You know the type; they assume their way is the only way and shout and scream like a…
Are these the right rules for your committee?
You can’t expect people to play by the rules if they don’t know what the rules are. So we have devised a code of conduct for anyone that might want…
Roundup: Doing it tough in the Old Dart too
On a working trip to the UK, I am struck by a story that featured on the TV news this morning about housing affordability. Yep, it’s happening over here too.…
Strata squatters and illegal land grabs
Of all the twisted skeins of flawed logic that wind through Strataland, the land grab is one of the most popular, applying ‘common sense’ to common property and coming up…
Roundup: Do a flatting friend a favour
We all know someone who lives in strata and who is wrestling with some issue or another. And the chances are that, like the good friend that you are, you…
Holiday letting
The government seems to have backtracked on short-term letting – Jimmy tells James Valentine why he’s the only person who spotted the shift in attitudes.
What’s welcome when shoes get the boot from lift lobbies?
When a couple of friends moved into their brand new apartment for the first time, they were appalled at what they found outside the other doors in their lift…
Seminar to reveal how maintenance adds value
One of the changes built into the new NSW strata laws is a requirement to set up a 10-year maintenance plan, to be reviewed every five years. So, do you…
Roundup: Rogue renovators and your Stratabox answer
We got a doozy of a post this week from a reader worried that an unauthorised rogue renovator in her block is removing walls and ceilings, which has disconnected the fire…