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PROXY under a Liquidator

  • 15/08/2017
  • Author swoo

Hi  A tenant in our Strata of 12 in NSW wishes to vote at an upcoming EGM. The owner of the Lot  is a company which is in receivership and…

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    Freedom of information for chairman’s opportunistic renovations?

    • 15/08/2017
    • Author Fey Knows

    Our newly-installed Strata Committee Chairman, who’s a bit savvy and flash, has had a water leak in his apartment’s kitchen which is an insurance claim according to the grapevine. It’s…

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      Re: Window locks in high level strata buildings

      • 15/08/2017
      • Author artarmonite

      I am very passionate about the need for locks on windows but before I go into why please, please, please check the quote. In our block we halved the quote…

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        How to avoid buying a high-rise lemon

        • 06/08/2017
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Flat Chat is now appearing in the Australian Financial Review, both in print and online at weekends. This is the first column in its new home. With recent revelation that…

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          How to avoid buying a high-rise lemon

          • 06/08/2017
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          Flat Chat is now appearing in the Australian Financial Review, both in print and online at weekends. This is the first column in its new home. With recent revelation that…

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            Re: A Pile of Garbage.

            • 04/08/2017
            • Author Sir Humphrey

            @JimmyT said: …it sounds like theis whole scheme was set up so that the residential lots would subsidise the commercial ones.  If you can show that’s the case, you should…

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              Re: Common Property Parkers-No Action by Strata Committee

              • 22/07/2017
              • Author Jimmy-T

              AH, Lady P got in before I could post this … Look, those insurance and emergency issues are all kind of plausible scenarios but I think you need to go…

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                Common Property Parkers-No Action by Strata Committee

                • 22/07/2017
                • Author Louie

                Our Chairperson visited a parking offender six times on the basis of complaints over a number of months.  After this all owners (all innocent except the one) were sent a…

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                  Re: Plantation shutters whats the deal

                  • 22/07/2017
                  • Author Tess McGill

                  Generally, what’s inside your unit is treated as your property, so you are free to do with it as you please eg by changing the curtains into shutters. (Are you…

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                    Roundup: Car hits wall, insurer slugs tenant. Who pays?

                    • 18/07/2017
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    There’s a post in the Forum this week that should warm the cockles of your heart – but I’m afraid it just has steam coming out of my ears. A…

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                      Roundup: Car hits wall, insurer slugs tenant. Who pays?

                      • 18/07/2017
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                      There’s a post in the Forum this week that should warm the cockles of your heart – but I’m afraid it just has steam coming out of my ears. A…

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                        Re: How do we tighten loose reno laws?

                        • 17/07/2017
                        • Author Lady Penelope

                        Mr Wong – Your By-law is too wordy. All owners must comply with the SSMA 2015. You would not then need to list all of the separate items that Minor…

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