Podcast: Total control, new bloke on the block
JimmyT and Sue send greetings from Scotland, welcome the new building commissioner and predict the next scandal likely to hit the strata sector.
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New commish seeks collaboration, not conflict
The NSW Government has announced the appointment of James Sherrard to replace David Chandler as Building Commissioner and he has already raised concerns with his comments that he will seek…
Podcast: Tamarama drama and our new Minister
It was Monday morning and we had just finished editing the podcast when we got the word that NSW had a new Fair Trading minister. Meetings are cancelled, lunch is…
Report reveals extent of unit block defects
For the past two years or more, a team of top academics based at UNSW’ s City Futures Research Centre has been investigating defective apartment construction in NSW. In a…
Developer of 1400 units facing defects claims
They say no publicity is bad publicity but you’d be forgiven for thinking the directors of Sydney developers Toplace Group would be happy to shuffle out of the limelight right…
Heavy hitters line up for Strata Matters seminar
Efforts to curb dodgy developers and their farcical phoenixing frauds have been the focus of a lot of media coverage of late, but what does it all mean? Are the…
Podcast: States’ split is rental as anything
This week, having survived a computer crisis on the home office front, we delve deeper into the differences between the way renters are treated in Victoria and NSW. In the…
Podcast 91: Crackdown on dud developers hits home
We have one of our longest ever Flat Chat Wrap podcasts this week, but it’s all good so brace yourselves, pace yourselves and buckle up for some interesting material from…
Podcast 77 – cowboys, counselling and comedy
There are just two main discussions in this week’s podcast but the topics are both hugely significant in very different ways. In the first we look at the new powers…
Podcast 63: Cowboy builders, coronavirus and … toilet rolls
JimmyT and Sue discuss his long chat with the building commissioner, what you can do to avoid coronavirus in your apartment block and how Sue learned about the great Australian…