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It’s all very well to look up strata laws and regulations on the internet, but what do they all mean? What are the changes in the laws and how are…
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Forum: Smoke signals and mixed messages
It’s amazing when you think how much we used to tolerate smoking, as if it were a God-given right. But these days you are increasing likely to find that not…
Airbnb back to basics as global backlash bites
You may have noticed an increase in glossy TV ads of late, showing nice people moving in with even nicer people, usually somewhere exotic. Then the Airbnb logo appears, launching…
Forum: Newlyweds’ dream shattered by shonk
There’s a sad tale from Victoria on the website this week, concerning a newly-wed couple who put their hopes, dreams and First Homeowners grant into a two-bed flat in Prahran.…
Case study comments make compelling reading
The chilling narrative detailing how a relatively modest defects claim blew out from a ban on residents going on their balconies into a $2million legal fight makes compelling reading. However,…
Forum: Vexed question of in-house sex workers
There’s an arcane set of laws around both working from home in apartment buildings and about where sex workers can ply their trade. As far as working from home goes,…
Lawyer in the Hot Seat: we get As for your Qs
There can be fewer areas more susceptible to rumour, misinformation and – let’s face it – ignorance, than strata law and by-laws. You know how it goes. Someone has a…
Forum: Neighbour blocks approved repairs
There’s a real breakthrough on the Forum this week a complex question from Victoria has been pulled apart and answered by our new Vic correspondent (don’t worry, there’s plenty of…
Forum: Whose electric cable is it anyway?
Easter is upon us and the furious deluge of questions and answers has been reduced to an irritated trickle. One reader wants to know why his strata manger has said…
Podcast: Pets, new-build guarantees and refugees
This week’s podcast may have an international flavour – Jimmy is in Scotland and Sue in Sydney — but it covers familiar territory. First up we talk about a campaign…
Forum: ‘Not our problem’ by-law has huge flaw
Here’s a neat trick by a strata committee determined that owners should not take responsibility for anything in the building – potentially saving themselves a lot of dough. They have…
Forum: Dog runs free around shared pool
There are few things more likely to get strata residents’ noses out of joint than inconsiderate neighbours with an overdeveloped sense of entitlement. Not only did a couple move out…