Forum: Why doesn’t strata manager get defects fixed?
We’ve been giving Victoria such a hard time of late that we should point out that other states aren’t without their problems too. For instance, there’s a long and quite…
Is Victorian strata really a too-hard basket case?
COMMENTIs Victorian strata really in a state of chaos? And if that’s the case, how does that manifest itself, why is it so, and what can be done about it?…
Property boss pushes more build-to-rent blocks
The head of the developer lobby group Property Council of Australia (PCA) has urged state and federal governments to give more support to the build-to-rent, student accommodation and retirement living…
Podcast: Vic, the state of strata chaos
It seems as if every time we look away from Victoria, some thing new and awful happens in that state’s strata system goes seriously wrong. If it wasn’t the best…
Aurora shambles exposes deep flaws in Vic strata
An owners’ revolt at a 1000-unit apartment building in Melbourne has highlighted the crippling inadequacies of Victoria’s strata laws and tribunal system. And it illustrates how a built-in lack of…
Free webinars on defects, waterproofing and S237
Waterproofing, the lack thereof or flaws therein, is consistently one of the most widely spread yet least understood issues in strata. However, the Owners Corporation Network (OCN) is making a…
Forum: Broken fence lets dog get at next-door cat
This week’s lead post has a tragic (and nasty) pet story at its heart as well as a twisty fence angle that will have all our legally minded Flatchatters intrigued.…
Podcast: Pets, new-build guarantees and refugees
This week’s podcast may have an international flavour – Jimmy is in Scotland and Sue in Sydney — but it covers familiar territory. First up we talk about a campaign…
Strata managers demand support for Chandler
Strata managers in NSW have “warned” whichever party is in power after next month’s government election that they must continue supporting the work of David Chandler and the Office of…
Forum: Can owners corp back resident in dispute?
At the risk of infuriating mental health professionals and family members of sufferers, I have to say there are few things worse in strata than having a “crazy” neighbour. I’m…
Podcast: Buying and selling the air above us
We are all used to being told that we only own the air inside our apartments’ walls, although not the walls themselves, depending on which uniquely quirky set of strata…
Pouring chilled water on the govt ‘gift’ to strata
It’s starting to feel like strata in NSW is one big marginal electoral constituency – except the government can’t give apartment dwellers sports stadia and railway stations. What they can…