Contracts killer: Dodgy SCA deals targetted
Eminent construction lawyer and advisor to various state governments Bronwyn Weir has hit out at standard strata management contracts as "appalling, disgraceful and unfair.'
Hundreds of Vic blocks rotting from inside
Two years ago the ABC and Flat Chat reported that cladding remediation was revealing big problems with apartment blocks in Victoria. Now a government report claims half of the blocks…
Your guide to the new NSW Strata Living Guide
The NSW has released its new guide to strata living. JimmyT says it's good in parts but it's the bits that are missing that are a big concern.
Forum: Spare keys and emergency access
A reader asks, if you don't leave spare keys with someone, are you obstructing access to your flat in an emergency when you're not there?
ABC Radio slot races through listeners’ issues
JimmyT joins Dom Knight on ABC Afternoons to discuss listeners' questions, covering everything from cracking walls to cats in neighbouring flats.
Podcast: Potential noise annoys Toaster nimbys
Jimmy and Sue catch up with all the strata news, including objections to a 24/7 bar on the Harbour, a push to allow laundry drying on balconies and the loss…
Forum: Blindsided by succession flat sale ploy
The Forum has fired up with a vengeance this week with questions about chairs duping the owners and halting meetings. Then there's smoke drift, landscaping, fences, costs concerns and…
Clampdown: cures for strata’s parking disease
Queensland is the only one of the larger states where it is legal to clamp or tow illegal parkers on common property - but it's not the easy answer many…
Podcast: We find a $30k-a-night apartment
Jimmy and Sue's travels take them to a $30k a night apartment, another country's cladding crisis, unaffordability in a Socialist republic and the divisive debate on the housing shortage.
Forum: Are uninsured tradies worth the risk?
This week's hot topic is all about whether it's unwise or even dangerous to hire uninsured tradies to work on common property.
NSW boosts tenants advice by $1m a year
The NSW government has added an additional $1m a year in funding for tenants' advice bodies, just in time for a raft of new laws to take effect.
Podcast: High-rise help, hikes and horror in the UK
Jimmy T and Sue W continue their European sojourn in London, where they catch up with the latest boost for NSW tenants, the apartment price rises in Oz and a…