FLAT CHAT – Strata living news, advice and opinions

Forum: Bush lawyers, BS and broken by-laws

Forum: Can owners use superseded but unrepealed by-laws, good riddance to nasty neighbours, counter arguments on agendas, and death of a unit owner.

Quirky: The one thing criminals don't love about the high life in luxury penthouse apartments and other offbeat property stories of the week.

The $230m Wollongong University retirement flats and assisted living plan has been scorned by staff. Plus all the other apartment news of the week.

Holiday letting hosts have all sorts of ways to feather their nests - from personal use to mates rates - but the ATO is coming for them.

FORUM: Gossip and false allegations can be hugely hurtful - but does it count as legal defamation in strata?

Strata insurance giant CHU is offering $50,000 in grants - $10k max - to strata schemes and owners for their sustainability and community projects.

QUiRKY Witches House has Airbnb written all over it - PLUS what your adult kids could be costing you for their "free" lodgings.

Twice voted the best town in Australia to live, Kiama is facing its own problems with an attempt to double the height of an approved block.

New tax rules target holiday let owners who block out peak periods for family and friends - and they could lose their negative gearing.

PICA says strata managers should still be paid for arranging insurance - owners and the professionals disagree.

Forum: Your strata help desk is back with questions about AGM confidentiality and the cost of strata management.

Levies debt payment plans offer hope to the hard-up but a challenge to strata schemes on tight budgets.