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Forum: Can an unseen screen change ‘appearance’?

  • 06/12/2023
  • Author Jimmy-T

Having spent years trying to answer readers’ questions or, more to the point, allowing Flatchatters to answer each other’s, I have a question for you. I have recently bought an…

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    Forum: SC members get $5K cards for spending

    • 24/11/2023
    • Author Jimmy-T

    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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      Forum: Stripping away sneaky voting powers

      • 09/11/2023
      • Author Jimmy-T

      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…

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        Podcast: eBike fire hazard, batteries are included

        • 09/11/2023
        • Author Jimmy-T

        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).…

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          Forum: Who exits when one owner has an AVO?

          • 02/11/2023
          • Author Jimmy-T

          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.…

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            Podcast: Strata scandal right on our doorstep

            • 18/10/2023
            • Author Jimmy-T

            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…

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              Forum: Strata pest may be a smart strategist

              • 12/10/2023
              • Author Jimmy-T

              When does a determined owner who keeps applying for the same thing over and over just become a pest? An owner in one Flatchatter’s scheme keeps proposing basically the same…

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                Forum: TV strata report misses the point, as usual

                • 06/10/2023
                • Author Jimmy-T

                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…

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                  Poll: What would you cut in your strata budget?

                  • 21/09/2023
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  If you had to make cuts in your strata spending, where would the axe fall first? Budgetting is crucially important today with the cost of living going up and inflation…

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                    Global city councils put the squeeze on Airbnbs

                    • 07/09/2023
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    All over the world, cities afflicted by Airbnb and other short-term holiday rentals are imposing restrictions - but will it make a difference?

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                      Forum: Would you let serious levies debts slide?

                      • 31/08/2023
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      It’s been a quiet week on the Forum – at least as far as new topics go; something to do with the blue moon, I guess. So while there’s a…

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                        ABC levies debts report misses the mark

                        • 31/08/2023
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        OPINION There’s a story in the ABC TV’s business report about how an apartment owner who’s had a run of rotten luck has just had everything made worse by her…

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