Reply To: Insurance for two-lot schemes
Our owners’ corporation (in NSW) has wrestled with the issue of insurance for 2 lot strata schemes for several years. Both owners in our corporation would prefer to arrange our…
Paying a tenant for providing a service
Our apartment complex’s caretaker has sold his business to someone on the other side of Melbourne. The commute is too far to return to just bring the bins in. A…
Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat, part 2
Welcome to the second part of Lawyer In The Hot Seat, in which strata lawyer (and Flat Chat sponsor) David Bannerman invited us on to his webinar. This week, Jimmy…
Forum: Balcony not up to code, FT not up to speed
One of the gratifying things about wrangling this website is that it is keenly observed by a bunch of strata owners and professionals who keep us up to speed with…
Podcast: Lawyer in the hotseat, Part 1
Amid all the discussions on this website about strata law, regulations and by-laws, we spend a lot of time talking about the way things ought to be and the difference…
Reply To: New to strata – am I the problem?
I totally empathise with you newb – and this was from someone who had six years of strata under their belt to move into a complex multi-strata development with issues…
Podcast: Positive property plan and negative gearing
The first thing that happens after a new government is elected is that the Prime Minister and the party divvy up the ministries. The next thing after that is that…
Reply To: New to strata – am I the problem?
I’m in the process now of trying to do that. I’m normally pretty private live and let live. It was actually other owners/ committee members tentatively and not so tentatively…
New to strata – am I the problem?
Hi, I’m a first home buyer owner occupier of a unit in NSW. I joined the committee at my first AGM and started asking questions about finances that didn’t add…
Forum: Angry tradie targets new unit owner
Here’s a conundrum from way out of left field, and then some. One of our Flatchatters has just received a final demand, and a threat of legal action, from a…
Reply To: Insurance for two-lot schemes
Owners in two-lot strata schemes can agree to not have strata insurance if their homes are separate and there is no common property that needs cover (such as driveways and…
Privacy fears over info on new strata Hub
I am interested in your thoughts on the NSW Strata Hub [which comes into effect on June 30]. The actual concept seems good however there are elements that raise concern…