Government failed Mascot owners says strata lawyer
Strata and property lawyer, and good friend of Flat Chat Tony Cordato believes the NSW government has missed a trick in its handling of the Mascot Towers disaster. He thinks…
Statutory SM appointed but owners kept control
This is an extended Forum post from Flatchatter Stu who explains how his scheme got rid of an incompetent and borderline corrupt strata manager and replaced him with a statutory…
Forum: Statutory manager but committee stays
There’s a report on a potentially groundbreaking resolution to an all-too-common issue in the Forum this week. Up until now, in NSW, if you wanted to get rid of your…
Pitfalls and profits from buying into sand and sea
With reports that property prices in some coastal towns bounced back faster than in Sydney last Spring, but have started to plateau, savvy investors may be looking at making that…
Lock Up & Leave: India and Sri Lanka calling
Last week we appealed to your palate with the foodie tour of Vietnam and we’re keeping it spicy this week with a small group tour through two of the greatest…
Podcast: The end of the strata world is NOT nigh
Sometimes it feel as if we are lurching from one strata disaster to another. But then you take a second look and realise things are not as bad as they…
Timely advice as tourists escape ebike unit blaze
Concerns continue to grow over the dangers of faulty Lithium-ion batteries fires in apartment blocks after four tourists only just escaped an ebike battery blaze in a unit in North Bondi…
Forum: Roadblock on the road from rack and ruin
After the tsunami of post-festive strata questions, complaints and clarifications, everything has settled down a bit (quite a lot, actually), but that’s good because it gives us a chance to…
Podcast: Oh, we still love to be beside the seaside
After three pods in a row mostly about Mascot Towers, we decided you (and we) needed a break so we are heading off to the seaside – figuratively, not literally…
No evacuation planned for crumbling blocks
There will be no Mascot or Opal towers style evacuations but four blocks comprising 900 new apartments in Sydney’s Macquarie Park are at risk of eventually collapsing due to “serious…
Lock up & Leave: Vietnam foodie tour returns
A few weeks ago we pitched you a foodie’s holiday to Vietnam, curated and guided by legendary Masterchef judges Matt Preston and Gary Mehigan. It was pricey but that clearly…
Investors to miss out on Mascot rescue plan
In the quantum of misery that is the Mascot Towers tragedy, it’s hard to tell who has suffered most. Is it the elderly couple who should be putting up their…