Tiny pocket parks make a big urban impact
Cities will always draw people to them; like human magnets, they have jobs, homes and facilities in abundance (although sometimes not quite enough to go round). However, with only so…
Podcast: Minions to the fore in war on Nimbys
This week, we open up with a chat about our increasingly popular polls and the surprising results this week revealing what annoys you most about your neighbours. Then we take…
Holiday let tax could be a win for all – except hosts
With an Airbnb tax planned in Victoria and a 60-night cap approved in NSW, the free rein for STHLs is clearly coming to an end, with hidden benefits for everyone…
Forum: Cost cuts target legals and managers
The poll we’ve been conducting for the past week has been very revealing. Okay, two of the top four items that you would cut back if your budgets got a…
Poll: What neighbour behaviour drives you nuts?
We’d all love to think that we are one big happy family in strata – but even family members fall out. And there are few things more irritating than an…
Podcast: Airbnb tax and other strata matters
Busy, busy, busy in the Flat Chat bunker this week. We start with a wrap-up of what went on at the Owners Corporation Network (OCN) Strata Matters conference last week…
Property investment gain with a lot less pain
Can you imagine investing in a property that you can’t enter, occupied by tenants whose names you’ll never know and whom you will probably never meet? You’ll never get demands…
Sydney’s seasiders to get their own strata group
Apartment and townhouse residents and owners in Sydney’s eastern suburbs will soon have an opportunity to catch up, exchange information and advice, and maybe even campaign for changes in the…
Poll: What would you cut in your strata budget?
If you had to make cuts in your strata spending, where would the axe fall first? Budgetting is crucially important today with the cost of living going up and inflation…
Podcast: Busy making plans to do nothing
This week we introduce you to the concept of “downvesting” – no, it’s not a singlet fashioned from duck feathers, but a growing trend whereby impending retirees buy a property…
Time to get ready for your next strata disaster
Between the dire warnings of the doom-scrollers and the blinkered “she’ll-be-right” vision of climate denialists, it’s hard to know what the coming summer will bring in terms of crisis and…
Superfund looks after its own with rental build
A health workers superannuation fund is tipping $100 million into a new Build To Rent (BTR) complex that will eventually house more than 360 renters and their families. The project…