Podcast: Hot Seat Part 2 – Vexatious litigants
Podcast: In this second part of Lawyer in the Hot Seat, David Bannerman answers questions about vexatious litigants, internal disputes and embedded networks.
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Forum: Who pays to fix lot owners’ balconies?
Forum: Who pays to fix lot owners' balconies, proxy presentation in Vic, vegepod debate sprouts support and a simple fix for unfair SM contracts.
Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat – Part 1
Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat Part 1 brings you lithium batteries, balcony Vegepods, black mould and underperforming strata committees
Forum: My balcony veggie planter’s been banned
Forum: Balcony veggie planter banned, $900k balcony repairs, townhouse driveway deemed lot property, fines for strata managers, bathroom ventilation.
Secrets of strata living … it’s all in the game
How can we prepare future generations for their lives in flats and townhouses, asks a leading strata manager. The answer may be in game play.
Strata committee training survey a lesson for all
A survey into strata committee training - compulsory in NSW from later this year - is a lesson to all concerned about what owners want and need.
Forum: Our bidet eyes on a bathroom reno
Forum: Tenant wants a bidet, new manager and old debt, effect of abstentions, committe refuses to claim, and strata manager contract challenge.
Strata managers want curb on Airbnb and Stayz
The strata manager’s national body, SCA, says it’s time to curb the activities of holiday lets platforms like Airbnb and Stayz to protect apartment residents.
Forum: When a sticky-beak is a spying mission
Forum: When a sticky beak is spying, permission to add a storey, strata committee ignoring tribunal orders and how a tied vote passed an AGM resolution.
Forum: The irrestible attraction of a local fly tip
Forum: Fly-tipping, damage from a leak and insurance, committee member's abuse, how much should be in the sinking fund, liability for damage from ignored faults.
Podcast: Pets unleashed, flat finding for a friend
Podcast: Tenants' pets unleashed - the plusses and minuses of landlords no longer being able to say no to pets while Sue goes flat-hunting for a friend.
Forum: Can you rent car spots to non-residents?
Forum: Bid to prevent non-residents from renting parking spaces; tenant can't get oven repaired, new block paying old block's bills, Secretary stops rogue parking.