Don’t buy in Queensland before you’ve read this
Recent state government announcements that South-East Queensland should expect to see another 600,000 apartments in the next 20 years – doubling the number of units currently available in the state…
Podcast: Can rent crisis solutions both work?
The podcast has an international flavour this week – and not only because co-host Sue dropped in just before she jetted off to Europe. Reports from Scotland suggest that build-to-rent…
Forum: Kickbacks and con jobs in conveyancing
You have to think that if some of the service providers in strata-land spent as much time and energy just doing their jobs as they do trying to diddle us…
Webinars on boundary disputes and sustainability
Our friends and sponsors Bannerman Lawyers have already kicked off their August webinars and you’ll have to be quick off the mark to sign up for the first one on…
Podcast: Council cops unit block defects orders
We’re going interstate and all-ages in this week’s mixed bag but we start with a council on Sydney’s North Shore that has been served with a repair order for defects in…
Newbies get one shot at curbing locked-in rorts
Let’s be clear about this, if you have bought into an off-the-plan apartment, or a brand new one that hasn’t held its first AGM yet, you have one chance to…
Forum: By-law bans indoor e-scooter charging
We are nothing if not trendsetting, here on Flat Chat, so it’s no surprise that we have received notice of a proposed by-law banning the charging of electric scooters, ebikes…
Plan to ‘electrify’ city blocks is on the charge
Strata sustainability experts Wattblock have launched a campaign to electrify more than 6000 apartment blocks across a number of Sydney’s Local Government Areas. Aiming to make a major contribution to…
Podcast: Contract con tricks and little victories
It’s very much a mixed bag in this week’s podcast, not least because what’s good news for some in property prices is, inevitably, bad news for others. But first, we…
Would you pay trained committee members?
There’s been a lot of chat in the strata-sphere recently about whether untrained volunteers should be expected, as they are, to manage the finances of multi-unit apartment complexes with million-dollar-plus…
Forum: Strata manager’s seal of disapproval
They say those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. More than 20 years ago, the new building in which I lived was in dispute with…
Get the lowdown on the top 10 strata issues
What would you say are the top ten issues in strata right now? Building defects? By-laws and breaches? Strata disputes and the logjam at NCAT? Well, those three are certainly…