AI is very clever but not truly strata smart
AI chatbots can give you instant answers and they're mostly correct. However, they can only work if you ask the right questions
Forum: Tiles, tenants and a little sound advice
Forum: When a Flatchatter's upstairs neighbour tiled their floor and then let the flat to noisy renters, the strata manager said there was nothing they could do.
When your committee ignores new strata laws
RANT: Most of the new NSW strata laws are great - but what happens if your committee chooses to simply ignore them?
Stranded bungalow attracts big bucks bids
When the humble bungalow, stranded in the midst of tower blocks, finally sells for development, the price goes through the roof.
Students get five-star luxury digs in new block
Student housing now offers five-star resort-style luxury perks, just as international arrivals hit record highs.
Podcast: How low-cost housing fix was lost
Podcast: The state and federal governments had an opportunity to convert an old building into affordable homes but they were just too slow for this low-cost housing fix.
Forum: What’s the deal with new SCA contracts?
Forum: Should you sign a new deal on an old SCA contract, taxation management fees, subsidising unpaid levies
RANT: Balcony laundry query blowin’ in the wind
Do new strata laws mean it will be easier to pass by-laws allowing laundry on balconies? The answer, unlike your undies, is blowin' in the wind.
$3m council grant but no affordable homes
Big promises keep coming, so why do affordable homes still feel out of reach? Yet another affordable housing site is on the market again ...
Gen Z hit hardest as mortgage stress spreads
Reality has come home to roost for Gen-X home owners who are feeling mortgage stress as well as the pressures of home ownership for the first time.
Apartments more ‘fair value’ than houses
We all know property is expensive but is it overvalued? AMP’s top economist says houses are, but apartments are another story - especially in Melbourne and Perth.
Podcast: Best reward for our critical workers
Podcast: inspiration found in restored Warsaw for the best rewards for our critical workers - just like the Soviet Union did after WWII... only better.