Podcast: Chandler’s rating has starring role
This week’s podcast is mostly (but not entirely) focussed on an announcement we believe is going to change the way we buy apartments in NSW and probably across Australia. Last…
Reply To: What is a “reasonable timeframe” for work to be done on common property?
I don’t think either strata insurance or home and contents insurance will cover defects or the consequences of their rectification unless there was accidental damage. Could be wrong, though.
Reply To: What is a “reasonable timeframe” for work to be done on common property?
I’d be pretty sure someone’s insurance, your’s or the body corporate’s, would be covering your costs should your place not be habitable? Surely. As to what makes a reasonable timeframe…
Reply To: Body corp in poo over blocked pipe claim
Is the issue of the blocked sewer compensation/insurance mentioned for QLD also valid for NSW?
Reply To: How to make my storage cage more secure
Thanks for the information about insurance I’m not moving until October so have a bit of time investigate insurance options. Appreciate all your help.
Podcast: When crims become dodgy developers
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…
Development industry reforms ‘back on track’
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…
Reply To: How to make my storage cage more secure
egoode wrote: maybe it is something I need to look into or maybe there’s some specific bike insurance I can look into as that’s the main item I’m worried about.…
Reply To: How to make my storage cage more secure
Check th small print of your home and contents insurance. Otherwise Google “bicycle insurance” – different insurers provide different levels of cover for different premiums.
Reply To: How to make my storage cage more secure
Sorry to hear about your experience 86_strata. I’ve actually never had contents insurance in any of my previous properties and maybe I’ve just been lucky and haven’t had anything stolen…
Body corp in poo over blocked pipe claim
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…
Reply To: How to make my storage cage more secure
86_strata wrote: My lesson from this was I now list my valuables, especially those I think the insurer may push back on if a claim needed to be made. You’d…