Podcast: Is this the end of balcony laundry bans?
Podcast: The NSW government may have inadvertently sparked a war over drying laundry on your balcony with new laws about sustainability infrastructure.
RANT: Unenforceable laws worse than no laws
There are new strata laws coming in ... but if some are unenforceable, aren't they worse than no laws at all?
Forum: Ghosted by our sulking strata manager
Forum: When your scheme is ghosted by the SM. Can you renovate in flat pack unit blocks? Fire safety upgrades are nothing to be scared of.
Podcast: New strata laws – the best and the rest
PODCAST: Jimmy and Sue put the incoming strata laws to the test with SCA-NSW president Robert Anderson.
Cyber scams stealing from first-home buyers
Young Australians struggling to buy their first homes have become easy pickings for cyber criminals who divert their funds to fake bank accounts.
Top property website accused of price gouging
Selling a property? Brace yourself. Australia now ranks among the most expensive countries in the world just to advertise a residential property for sale.
RANT: New laws mean little without test cases
Changing strata law is a start but our new Strata Commissioner needs to use the financial heft of the State to run test cases and establish precedent.
Forum: Why buy into a strata dictatorship?
Forum: Avoiding a strata dictatorship, invoices seem to show committee rort, fire safety overcaution danger, and your right to see the strata roll.
New strata commissioner starts with first scalp
The new NSW strata commissioner already has one scalp in his efforts to rid the sector of bad actors, shonky contracts and rampant rorts.
Podcast: Faster and cheaper flat pack flats
A new way of building apartment blocks - decribed as a cross between Ikea and Lego, means flats will be built faster, cheaper and with fewer defects
Consumer law to crack down on strata rorts
From July 1, NSW apartment owners will have something we've always been denied - protection under Australia's consumer laws.
From data to strata: $32m Mosman block shock
Harbourside haven Mosman in shock as data baron pays $32m to demolish a strata block and rebuild with fewer luxury pads