If you’re thinking of investing outside of the over-heated Sydney and Melbourne property markets one Brisbane-based expert has identified the city’s best and worst suburbs for investment. And strata-minded potential…
We have an all-too familiar tale from Victoria (yay!) this week where an owner has decided to take out a load-bearing wall in his flat, in a small, older apartment…
If NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler has served no other function, he earns our respect and gratitude for being a very useful source of entertaining, informative and occasionally horrifying stories.…
NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler has accused associates of Sydney developer Toplace of trying to discredit him by falsely claiming he asked for a $5 million bribe. Last Wednesday (Sep…
There are a couple of hardy perennials in our Forum garden this week; complaints that are so commonplace – both in their spread and how often they come up –…
It’s hardly a true crime podcast but this week, inspired by connections made in the press between the relatives of property developers and their friends with police records, we wade…
After weeks of turmoil in NSW Fair Trading and in the Building and Property services commissioners’ offices, in particular, the loud and clear message is not so much “business as…
A recent case concerning a blocked sewage pipe that flooded an apartment has left a Queensland body corporate in the poo, exploded a myth about strata insurance and highlighted a…
Another week, another weird question – at least, it’s a question about weird behaviour by strata owners. Here’s the scenario. A car goes out of control and smashes the fence…
Look, we know it’s all done and dusted. David Chandler has re-extended his contract as NSW Building Commissioner, John Minns is back as Property Services Commissioner and Victor Dominello has…
Want to do your bit to save the planet AND save your owners a chunk of money? City of Sydney has extended the deadline for their Smart Green Apartments program…
Blame it on overseas holidays to posh hotels or trips to serviced apartments in Surfers and the Gold Coast, but there was a trend in apartment block design a few…