Airbnb and the myth of the vomiting bridesmaid
Airbnb and the battle for your blocks: Part 3 Last week Jimmy Thomson looked at the appeal of “free money” and the push to allow holiday rentals to have greater access…
Politicians and the myth of the vomiting bridesmaid
Airbnb and the battle for your blocks: Part 3 Last week Jimmy Thomson looked at the appeal of “free money” and the push to allow holiday rentals to have greater access…
Water Damage and Repair
Hi Jimmy, We recently had to have a builder investigate shower floor tiles that were lifting next to the wall to a common corridor. The owner’s corporation commissioned this investigation…
Roundup: Space invading giant utes all the rage
Is it getting a bit squeezy in your car park? If it isn’t it soon will be. The biggest selling vehicle in Australia last year was the giant Toyota Hilux…
Roundup: Space invading giant utes all the rage
Is it getting a bit squeezy in your car park? If it isn’t it soon will be. The biggest selling vehicle in Australia last year was the giant Toyota Hilux…
Re: How do I insure myself for renovation risk?
If you have normal home and contents insurance, you should be OK. But you might also want to check (via your strata manager) if the builder renovating upstairs is licensed…
Re: How do I insure myself for renovation risk?
Hi All, That’s interesting, and have a query please. Folks above me renovating. No problem so far, however, would insurance of any kind be advisable other than normal household cover?…
Re: How do I insure myself for renovation risk?
Even if the builder doesn’t need insurance for jobs under $4000 their insurance for the whole company should cover them – unless they are a small, semi-professional business doing this…
How do I insure myself for renovation risk?
I live in NSW. With the new laws since Nov 2016, (but I think that for some major changes, even previously), a lot owner have to have a by-law written,…
Re: How do we set up an owners corporation in Vic?
If your subdivision is strata there should be an OC. So you may well have an OC, it’s just that in Victoria, for horizontal type stratas with no common property…
How do we set up an owners corporation in Vic?
My partner and I have recently become home owners in Victoria (we bought a villa unit, one of eight). The property didn’t have a formal owners corporation. Recently, other…
Re: Walls affected by water seepage
Not wishing to throw petrol on the fire, might there be an action against the former Committee members who cruelled your opportunity to claim against the builder’s warranty? Insurance for…