Towards the end of last century, around about the time state governments started allowing apartment block developers to appoint their preferred certifiers, launching the self-certification scandal, HIH Insurance collapsed. HIH…
Towards the end of last century, around about the time state governments started allowing apartment block developers to appoint their preferred certifiers, launching the self-certification scandal, HIH Insurance collapsed. HIH…
hi we self manage our 4 units for over 20 years, noone wants to do anything so it left up to me with some help from another, been good so…
No point getting retrospective approval, and I doubt retrospective approval can even be valid. Approval is required by the by-law, and failing to get approval is a contravention of the…
Here’s an interesting thought. Talking to Owners Corporation Network deputy chair Jane Hearn the other day about who should run NSW’s register of short-term holiday lets (STHLs), she said, why…
In relation to the register and who should administer. If you ask the local Council they will says its too hard and some may not have the computer systems that…
I think I can add to this A friend of mine does the occasional dog minding at his flat and has been doing so for 3 years. He does not…
This is a change of use issue and there are all sorts of restrictions on that, both (potentially) at the level of strata rules and council planning. My first thought…
We are all for the entrepreneurial spirit, here at Flat Chat … except when it comes to turning your apartment into a business that has a detrimental effect on other…
Australia’s main apartment owners’ organisation claims unit residents have been left in the lurch by developers and builders thanks to “hands off” government regulations that allowed the construction of sub-standard…
Be sure to understand the difference between a ‘Broker’ and an “Agent”, a Broker acts for the client, in this case the Body Corporate. The Agent is an Agent of…
The strata ACT says, in section 106, that the owners corp is responsible for “common property and any personal property vested in the owners corporation.” I have to admit that…