Insuring solar panels on one owner’s roof
We initially installed solar panels on our roof in 2011. We have always maintained and/or repaired them ourselves. This includes taking them off and replacing them around four years ago…
Reply To: Water Ingress into Common Property by Private Lot
You have not specified what the ‘error by your tenant’ was? I assume they left a tap running and flooded the place, or something similar. Most sensible thing for you…
Reply To: Water Ingress into Common Property by Private Lot
I think this would be worth an initial discussion with the contents insurer. But read both insurance policies and the answer may become clear. For $5K it may be worth…
Forum: Happy strata owner breaks the mould
Happy strata owner, confusion about privacy, Tribunal tension, grabbing back CP land, and OC refuses to fix mould problem - all in this week's Forum.
Water Ingress into Common Property by Private Lot
Due to a error by our tenant we had water ingress into the common area from our private lot (apartment). The subsequent bill to dry the carpets etc in the…
Podcast: Between strata liveability and luxury
Jimmy and Sue pick the bones out of NSW's new strata manager regs, shine a light on a near-billionaire developer and ask if flats really need luxury
New strata manager disclosure laws revealed
New laws governing what your strata manager must tell you about commissions and connections with suppliers come into force next week – even if your committee didn’t tell you.
Netstrata wants some report findings scrapped
Insiders have told the ABC that Netstrata has submitted a 70-page document countering some of the findings in the draft report into its "Strata Trap" allegations.
Podcast: Behind the strata trap, recapped
It's a holiday weekend so let's look back at the podcast from last year that drove twice as many downloads as our usual fare, with ABC reporter Linton Besser describing…
Reply To: What happened to the Netstrata inquiries?
Hello concerned consumer Yesterday I received an email from NSW Fair Trading. It was addressed to strata committee members, who have their email address on Strata Hub. Here is the…
3 Feb 2025 New disclosure duties for strata managers
The following email from NSW Fair Trading was addressed to all strata committee members in the Strata Hub database. NSW Fair Trading asked me to “share this email with the…
Reply To: Alterations and conflicts of interest
Bristte wrote: UberOwner wrote: Good response. I used to work as a government auditor, and I have a lot of experience in auditing whether particular staff have a conflict of…