10 things that say ‘this flat’s not for me’
I was putting together a list for a feature on the things you should look out for when flat-hunting – the elements that should make you run a mile rather…
Key to curbing remote control freak
This originally appeared in Domain in the SMH and Financial Review. To read comments, click HERE. In strata more than anywhere else, it seems, there are certain kinds of people…
Cop this: Can police give permission for a noisy party?
Can you get police permission to hold a noisy party in an apartment block? Let’s say you live in a unit and you like to throw the occasional big party. …
Redefining off-the-plan rorts
Here are a few new definitions for your strata dictionaries: Sunset clawbacks: Where a developer in a ‘hot’ market allows a project to over-run its “build-by” date, uses the sunset clause…
Logic lost over land grab fears
When is a logical extension of your lot seen as a land grab? When someone in your strata scheme isn’t getting any benefit so they decide that you shouldn’t either.…
Inflammable cladding ‘not a major defect’
Apartment owners in unit blocks more than two years old are faced with a “pay up or move out” dilemma if they discover the same dangerous cladding on their buildings that…
Are strata dwellers being sold out?
Are we long-term strata dwellers being treated – yet again – as second-class citizens? Last week, submissions into the review of strata laws in NSW closed, with the hottest topic…
Who pays when upstairs kitchen floods?
Who picks up the bill when a two flats are flooded by a defective dishwasher and neither party is insured? The question was raised by Flatchatter “Powers That Be”, a…
New app to end flatshare pain
“Sorry, mate, I can’t quite give you the full rent this month” must be one of the most common – and frustrating – cries in flat share world. But now there’s…
Loophole could let pets off the leash
Want to share your space with an animal in a pet-free building? Just get your doctor to sign a letter saying you need it for “assistance”. That seems to be…
Tenants in, strata ‘presidents’ out, in vote shake-up
This first appeared in the Domain section of the SMH on July 25, 2015 In the raft of more than 90 proposed changes to NSW strata law released a couple…
QUIZ: A law unto ourselves
So you think you know a bit about strata law? How about in other states? Click on over to the Title magazine page where we a running a quiz that…