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,…
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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…
Last chance to comment on Qld law changes
Queensland is gearing up to revise some of its body corporate legislation and submissions are now closed if you wanted to make a submission to the committee assessing the new…
Forum: Power of one owner versus lots of lots
There’s an interesting conundrum in the Forum this week and it’s all about the power wielded by a single entity that owns several apartments against the collective might of the…
Forum: By-law bans indoor e-scooter charging
We are nothing if not trendsetting, here on Flat Chat, so it’s no surprise that we have received notice of a proposed by-law banning the charging of electric scooters, ebikes…
Would you pay trained committee members?
There’s been a lot of chat in the strata-sphere recently about whether untrained volunteers should be expected, as they are, to manage the finances of multi-unit apartment complexes with million-dollar-plus…
Forum: Strata manager’s seal of disapproval
They say those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. More than 20 years ago, the new building in which I lived was in dispute with…
Get the lowdown on the top 10 strata issues
What would you say are the top ten issues in strata right now? Building defects? By-laws and breaches? Strata disputes and the logjam at NCAT? Well, those three are certainly…