Forum: When you can’t do what the law demands
Usually in the intros to these Forum roundups, we try to give you the best of the newest posts. It just so happens that there are plenty to choose from…
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Forum: Mystery of a bulge in a bathroom wall
It’s Easter and it’s not only the buns that are hot and cross. It’s bad enough when there is a problem in your block and you don’t know what’s causing…
Podcast: When your fabulous view disappears
We’ve plundered the Flat Chat Forum for talking points this week, but first we discuss an issue that’s come to Sue from one of her Domain readers. Did you know…
Trapped in a 50-floor block with no working intercom
It was once Australia’s tallest and most luxurious apartment building, but residents of the Sydney CBD’s Park Regis today live in less-than-splendid isolation. With the access intercom system having been…
Owners call for guidelines on strata facilities
Apartment owners in NSW have called on the state government to issue clear and unambiguous guidelines for the re-opening of communal strata facilities as the state moves towards loosening covid-related…
Masks on! Strata residents ordered to cover up as unit block hit by virus
Apartment residents in Greater Sydney’s lockdown zone have been ordered to mask up on common property during the current Covid-19 crisis. The order comes into force on Tuesday, July 13,…
Anger as NSW Health says strata ‘nothing special’
There is a strong possibility that officials in NSW Health who helped residents and managers with the potential Covid-19 outbreak at the Elan building in Sydney’s Kings Cross are feeling…
Forum: Back-scratching backsliders face big fines
There’s always likely to be a bit of mutual back-scratching on any strata committee, but when it runs to turning a blind eye to payments that should have been made…
Forum: Land-grabbers hedge their bets
There’s an issue in the Forum this week that brings together some of the most damaging aspects of a strata scheme gone wrong. These are all too familiar elements. Often…
Your strata profits are taxable – and it’s personal
Last week we wrote about the clever apartment owners in Bondi who sold common property air space and converted unused storerooms to saleable units, all to fund a major upgrade…
Forum: Space invader demands squatters rights
It’s amazing how often this old chestnut comes up and it reminds me of friends who had a “creative” young chap move into their small 1930s walk-up and announce he…
Forum: Just another 150 bricks (not) in the wall
It’s all too familiar… a couple of people get themselves elected to the committee and soon, instead of enforcing by-laws and strata law, they start making up the rules as…