Forum: Locked out as car park under repair
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: There’s a good old-fashioned strata barney going on over on the Flat Chat Forum. It started when a tenant was told by her property manager that…
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Podcast: Freedom for some but at what cost?
The Flat Chat Wrap podcast covers a lot of ground this week, from the state-wide easing of covid restrictions in NSW (but not in Victoria) to a little local difficulty…
Forum: Garden gate-gate opens a can of words
It’s good to get a result in short order, especially as strata disputes can drag on for months, if not years. Last week a Flatchatter wrote to us that a…
By-law breaches – cop it sweet or cop it hard?
If it’s true that justice delayed is justice denied, then there’s a lot of denial going on in strata. Taking a complaint against a neighbour – or even responding to…
From the Forum: Committee causing parking problems
We fielded a curious question about parking that drew a very enlightening response, this week. One of our Flatchatters can’t easily get to her garage because other residents – including…
Knotted no more – but are by-law fines enough?
Finally, I get it. Yes, there is no longer a financial penalty for ignoring an NCAT order relating to a by-law breach. However, that doesn’t mean that repeat offenders are free…
Double trouble for by-law breachers
If you are one of the many people who think that strata by-laws are just a bunch of blah and the new laws don’t really affect you (mainly because you…
Cellar dwellers undermine strata laws
Just when we thought we had read everything, along come two owners who have illegally created cellars under their units. They have cut holes in their floors, removed soil and…
Lazy parkers face eviction
QUESTION: Our apartment block has external garages accessed by common property, Tenants park outside their garages – presumably because they can’t be bothered to enter. However, because we are right…