Podcast: Pet deterrents and the new Commish
There’s good news this week for those abandoned covid fur-babies and the apartment residents who’d love to offer them new homes. The highly dubious tactics clearly aimed at deterring people…
Reply To: Can SC members be sued by the OC?
Just because NCATsays their behaviour is not in good faith is not enough to take action. There is a level of proof required to get a prosecution. Remember thst it’s…
Reply To: Pets and ‘forced sales’ strata laws to change
The move to ban owners corporations from making demands on owners (presumably also on behalf of their tenants) such as fees or bonds or insurance as a condition of having…
Pets and ‘forced sales’ strata laws to change
Major updates on the cards for four key areas while Property Services Commissioner to take on strata too. Pet ownership barriers, the cost of repair work, collective sales and compulsory…
Reply To: Car space – can it be used to store household items?
Thanks for the feedback. Y’all make sense: so long as there isn’t “too much” stuff stored in the space or that it “isn’t an eyesore”, are on the one hand…
Reply To: Car space – can it be used to store household items?
TrulEConcerned wrote: if we assume the car spaces are common property, can lot owners store whatever items they want in their car spaces (alongside their cars) or is doing so…
Car space – can it be used to store household items?
Situation: A strata plan in NSW Assumption: Marked car spaces signify exclusive use rights (over common property) for respective lots and they are not “on title” or “private property” (as…
Reply To: Can a by-law stop kids playing on common property driveway?
The Owners Corporation is able to make rules concerning how the common property is usable or accessible to owners and others. This rule would appear to be allowable. It is…
Forum: Let the kids play … somewhere else
The big carry-over Forum debate this week isn’t about pursuing levies debts – that’s sooo last week – it’s about whether kids should be prevented from playing on a common…
Low-cost homes lost in the ‘missing middle’
There’s a growing body of opinion that low-rise apartment blocks could provide a compromise solution to the housing crisis – if only Nimby councils would allow them. Once upon a…
Reply To: Can a by-law stop kids playing on common property driveway?
Jimmy-T wrote: Boronia wrote: If a child is hit by a car, wouldn’t the vehicle’s CTP insurance cover it? I don’t think this is about insurance, despite the arguments the…
Reply To: Who owns the fixtures and fittings?
Jimmy-T wrote: CorLotte wrote: But it’s not in NSW legislation, is it? There is legislation and then there is accepted or normalised behaviour. If the insurance companies treat fixtures and…