Mind the gap as unit prices rise but houses fall
The gap between the median house prices and apartment prices is narrowing as units keep going up but houses start to slip.
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Is joining your committee really worth the stress?
There’s an old adage in apartment living that the people you really want on your strata committee are too busy making the money they need to service their mortgages to…
Why apartments are more sustainable than houses
A week or so ago I wrote a piece about recycling food scraps in which I repeated the theory that apartment blocks are less sustainable than standalone houses. You can…
It’s Airbn-BS as families are ‘priced out by red tape’
Even in this crazy, mixed-up, high speed, disrupted world in which we live, some things never change. One of them, sadly, is Airbnb’s determination to tug at our heartstrings by…
Cladding bills could cost owners a quarter of units’ values – report
Australian apartment owners in buildings fitted with flammable cladding face bills of up to one quarter of the value of their homes, according to a new report. And state governments…
Revealed – the top ten most expensive dogs
Considering Flat Chat pretty much owes its existence to pets, maybe we should give them a little more space on our pages. Just to explain, we moved into a new…
Strata battles: Know when it’s time to stop fighting
Q: What’s the phrase that lawyers love to hear most? A: ‘It’s a matter of principle.’ Yes, even better than ‘you win’, according to that old joke, a battle fought…
Strata charges – a question of cheques and balances
How much can you – or should you – trust the professionals who are contracted by your owners corporation? Bearing in mind the major factors at play here – owners’…