Forum: Sacked SM sneaks in a final commission
Every time you try to say something nice about strata managers, one of them goes and pulls a new scam that makes everyone look bad. The strata manager featured in…
Podcast: Renters rights and strata safety fright
Three serious stories straight off the website have caught our attention on the Flat Chat Wrap podcast this week – but there’s a bit of fun too. The first two…
Reply To: Hug your strata manager here!
Personally, I’d like to recognise Chloe Tombleson of PT Strata who took over management of our large scheme less than a year ago under difficult circumstances with defect claims and…
Reply To: Hug your strata manager here!
Thanks for the opportunity Jimmy. I would like to express my appreciation for our exceptional Strata Manager. As the Treasurer of the Antias Strata Apartments in Jacksons Landing, Pyrmont, I have…
Reply To: Bond and evictions boost for renters
Swinging the rules in favour of renters by Labor is little more than an extension of the Bereklijian-Perrottet days. Take a landlord WITH a reason to terminate a lease. She…
$225k fatal accident warning for Airbnb blocks
A penalty of more than quarter of a million dollars imposed on a Wollongong strata scheme where a worker died in an avoidable accident should send a jolt through owners…
Forum: Back-to-school daze for Qs and As
A strange thing happens on Flat Chat around this time of year. Actually, it’s not that strange – it’s related to school holidays, and makes perfect sense. I’m guessing our…
Podcast: Struck off and probed, that has to hurt
Oh, dear. Not another swipe at strata managers, please! Yes, OK, it’s a well-trodden path but, to be fair, some of them have made themselves easy targets for the past…
Netstrata ‘forensic’ report only weeks away
If you thought the dust had settled on the Netstrata schemozzle, think again. The strata management giant is currently reaching the end of what can only be described as a…
Reply To: Compensation for cleaning/maintenance of Common Property
Nhut, you’re toast. No pre-agreement, no obligation to pay you. I’ve read adjudicators orders saying just this. Arrangements and payments need be discussed beforehand, but that said you might still…
Reply To: Landlord Insurance for Leaking Balcony
Hi All Before lodging an insurance claim, you have to consider what caused the damage? Failure of waterproofing on a balcony would be considered repairs and maintenance, membranes usually fail…
Reply To: Landlord Insurance for Leaking Balcony
I would say probably not. Property insurances like landlord insurance generally cover the consequences of events rather than defects.