Forum: How SM snaffles frequent flyer points
Casting my eye back over the past two decades of writing about strata, I was reminded of how a simple question on an email led to strata law being changed…
Podcast: How to crowdfund your new flat
In this week’s podcast we take a look at Sues story about people buying property, not only with the help of Mum and Dad, but with investment from extended family…
Chandler lauds iCIRT, names defects blackspots
NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler has named nine areas in NSW where there has been a history of defective apartment block developments, and he strongly advises potential apartment purchasers, there…
Reply To: Water damage from upstairs – owner selling
1) Get your strata committee to organise a strata committee meeting asap. 2) List the history of the leak in the agenda of a meeting. 3) Publish the minutes of…
Strata facts (and fun) to the fore at conference
Tickets are running out for the inaugural Strata Impact Conference on the Gold Coast at the very beginning of next month, your chance to see and hear a stack of…
Podcast: Luxury pad threat to low-cost homes
It’s a bit of a catch-up in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap and a look to the immediate future, too. We’ll be getting abreast of the news that NSW is…
Reply To: SCA-NSW launches post Netstrata investigation
I’m not sure if this topic is still alive, but the insurance commission might just be the tip of the iceberg of this potentially corrupt company. As an owner of…
Reply To: Insurance premiums raised due to Airbnbs
shedsrus wrote: During this process I became aware of a strata in our area which had indeed, created bylaws covering this insurance topic and adding an additional one requiring owners…
Reply To: Insurance premiums raised due to Airbnbs
shedsrus wrote: For some reason I no longer get notified of responses to my FlatChat post, even though the box is ticked, as has happened previously and I therefore assumed…
Reply To: Insurance premiums raised due to Airbnbs
In this instance, I approached one of the STHL owners on the subject and they immediately removed their property from all sites as they were moving into it full-time. This…
Why your strata manager doesn’t respond to calls
If the recent insurance commission scandals have taught us nothing else, it is that some strata management firms are more about profits than service. That is not likely to change…
Why your strata manager doesn’t respond to calls
If the recent insurance commission scandals have taught us nothing else, it is that some strata management firms are more about profits than service.[See the full post at: Why your…