Bylaw balks broadband bullies
See below for a link to the pro forma by-law As the roll-out of NBN superfast broadband continues to apartment blocks, a plan has been evolved to prevent “broadband bullies” from effectively locking…
Con artists scare owners over forced strata sales
This column first appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Domain section. You can find a comprehensive explanation of the process involved in strata renewal here in Forced Sales Process Explained and you…
How the Left fluffed the forced sales laws
FLAT CHAT COMMENT by Jimmy Thomson Predictably, proposed strata law reforms have survived the NSW Parliament intact and the new world order will come into effect for the state’s 2…
Forced sales process explained
Recent reforms to NSW strata law, allowing forced sales of apartments for urban renewal, are not as simple as a developer turning up with a cheque book and carting Auntie…
Barbecue smoke ban just hot air
So smoke from barbecues on high-rise balconies is about to be banned under NSW’s proposed new strata laws? What a load of baloney! The law has long forbidden people from…
You move, you lose – at weekends
Can your owners corporation charge you for moving in and out at weekends? That’s the question asked recently by a Sydney apartment dweller – and the answer may surprise you.…
Short-term lets: ‘Sharing’ without caring
This article first appeared in Flat Chat in Domain. Click here for links to discussions on the Flat Chat Forum You may not have noticed, but a state parliament inquiry into…
Flat Chat Diary
Here is a list of upcoming strata information events for apartment owners and renters. If you have an event for strata residents that you want to publicise, please email di***@**********om.au.…
Strata townhouses of horrors
If you read this originally in Domain in the SMH, you can read the original post HERE. We tend to think of the worst strata misery occurring in multi-unit high…
Flat Chat on TV
Hey, Ma! I’m on TV! A Current Affair picked up the “10 signs you should avoid some units” story and ran with it. You can see the link here there are…
10 signs you chose your unit well
Last week I wrote about the danger signs that tell you to give a potential apartment purchase or rental a bodyswerve. More than 80,000 people read that online in Domain and it’s…
Cut power to curb party animals
This Flat Chat column in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Domain section was based on THIS DISCUSSION on the Flat Chat Forum. We’re moving into party season, with footy finals,…