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It’s official: balconies and yards are goldmines

  • 27/05/2025
  • Author Alexandra Brooks

If your apartment or townhouse has a balcony or a courtyard, you've got fresh air, sunshine... and value that adds up to a virtual goldmine.

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    Forum: Levies squeezes and admin fund fiddles

    • 22/08/2024
    • Author Jimmy-T

    There’s an old saying in strata – the smaller the block, the bigger the problems. When everyone knows each other, any points of conflict can quickly become personal. Add to…

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      Forum: Who can and can’t stand for election?

      • 25/04/2024
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Who can be elected to your strata committee?  More to the point, who can’t? The answer to the first question, in NSW at least, is just about anybody, including non-owners…

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        Smoke drift battle exposes NCAT’s farcical flaws

        • 03/01/2023
        • Author Jimmy-T

        The recent Sydney Morning Herald story about a couple who – at the third attempt – won a case to get their neighbours to stop smoking on their balcony may…

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          Forum: Insurers will only pay for half of fence

          • 31/08/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Another week, another weird question – at least, it’s a question about weird behaviour by strata owners. Here’s the scenario.  A car goes out of control and smashes the fence…

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            Forum: Lines drawn in parking space battle

            • 21/06/2022
            • Author Jimmy-T

            It’s a bumper crop of Forum posts this week but I’m drawn to one that reminds me of a friend of mine – a real estate agent – who was…

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              Saving lives not levies on old balcony balustrades

              • 21/06/2022
              • Author Jimmy-T

              There used to be a general principle in strata that even if your old balcony balustrades weren’t up to current standards, you didn’t need to fix them unless there was…

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                Forum: Balcony not up to code, FT not up to speed

                • 31/05/2022
                • Author Jimmy-T

                One of the gratifying things about wrangling this website is that it is keenly observed by a bunch of strata owners and professionals who keep us up to speed with…

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                  Is this the last gasp for Qld balcony smokers?

                  • 25/01/2022
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  Balcony smokers in Queensland could be forced to take their habit indoors after a ruling by the state’s Body Corporate Commission that an apartment resident must smoke inside her unit…

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                    Locked down? Free ‘grow your wellbeing’ webinar

                    • 17/08/2021
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    If there was a society for the prevention of cruelty to plants, here at Flat Chat Central we would long ago have been led off in chains while our wilting…

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                      Call for ban on balcony barbies … but not here

                      • 04/08/2020
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      The heat has been turned up on balcony barbecues as a cause of fires in apartments … but in a part of the world where you might least expect it.…

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                        Podcast 83: Joke dad, garden secrets and pass-the-Corona party

                        • 21/07/2020
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        It’s another showbag of conflict, calm and coronavirus craziness on the Flat Chat Wrap podcast this week. First, inspired by a question from our Forum, we discuss what you can…

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