Forum: SC members get $5K cards for spending
How much do you trust your committee members? Would you give them or even just your office-bearers each a $5k debit card so they could pay bills as and when…
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New strata laws ease through NSW parliament
The most radical shake-up of strata law in Australia since the current Act came into force in 2016 could, at a push, be in place by Christmas. Changes to NSW’s…
Forum: Hoarder leaves us with another fine mess
This week’s weird and not-so wonderful story comes straight out of one of those TV reality shows about hoarders getting their home cleaned up for free. Our Flatchatter has a…
Forum: Stripping away sneaky voting powers
One of the small but significant changes proposed in the strata laws currently making their way through the NSW parliament will be that powers of attorney votes (POA) will be…
Podcast: eBike fire hazard, batteries are included
The Wrap has gone all-electric this week, starting with Sue resolutely defending her e-scooter in the face of growing fears about fires from Lithium-ion batteries (and Jimmy’s column from the AFR).…
Forum: Who exits when one owner has an AVO?
Here’s a tricky one for all you legal eaglets, a chance to scratch your Rumpole itch. An owner successfully applies for an Apprehended Personal Violence Order against a committee member.…
Podcast: The other Minns – our strata commish
In this week’s Flat Chat Wrap we welcome freshly minted Strata Commissioner John Minns (not to be confused with NSW Premier Chris Minns) to tell us about his new role,…
Forum: Tenant running day-care in her garage
Here’s one for the ages. We have all heard how hard it is to get childcare places and how expensive they are when you get them. So what does the…
Forum: Can you force a nasty neighbour to sell?
Somewhere back in the dim and distant past of Flat Chat we may have advised someone that if an owner refused to obey their scheme’s by-laws, they could be forced…
Podcast: Strata scandal right on our doorstep
In this week’s podcast we find ourselves victims of the kind of scams we have been warning people about for a couple of years. We are about to go to…
Forum: TV strata report misses the point, as usual
Every time tabloid newspapers or TV magazine news show try to get into a strata issues, they invariably get it wrong. For instance, it has been alleged that residents in…
Poll: What neighbour behaviour drives you nuts?
We’d all love to think that we are one big happy family in strata – but even family members fall out. And there are few things more irritating than an…