Forum: Man with the power who doesn’t want it
This is one of those stories that you remember whenever anyone complains about there being too much bureaucracy around apartment blocks and buildings in general. One Flatchatter in Victoria has…
costs
Forum: Vendor gets that sinking fund feeling
It’s been a quiet weekend on the Forum. The effect of chocolate on your ability to put up with your neighbours is worthy of a PhD (if it hasn’t been…
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…
Losers pay: Special levies mandatory for NCAT cases
Listen up all you litigious committee members! We have discovered something via the Flat Chat Forum that should make every strata committee in NSW think long and hard before they…
Forum: Locked out as car park under repair
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: There’s a good old-fashioned strata barney going on over on the Flat Chat Forum. It started when a tenant was told by her property manager that…
High cost of choosing wrong Tribunal tactics
Anyone heading for a hearing at NCAT who is considering “Trumpifying” their case by overloading the tribunal with documents, denying known facts to confuse the issue, and digging their heels…
Forum: Delayed complaint leads to doubt over debt
Here’s a tricky one from a Flatchatter who wants to do the right thing but isn’t sure how much he should actually do. The problem is that the owner downstairs…
Forum: No lift for aged and disabled for 10 days
This week’s forum features a sad tale from a SEPP5 (aged and disabled scheme) where it sounds like the majority in the newer part of the scheme are just letting…
High cost of choosing pros who tell porkies
We are conditioned to trust professionals, especially when they tell us what we want to hear. But what happens when they betray that trust and it costs us money, time,…
Forum: Cashed-up and confused by costs levy
Here’s a bit of a brainteaser. An owners corp has won its tribunal case against a couple of lot owners over unapproved renovations. The OC’s strata manager has now asked…
Forum: How you can lose even when you win
The headline on one of our posts this week, says it all: “It’s as if I’m paying to sue myself.” The situation is pretty common. The strata committee takes an…
Pet ban shock as Appeals Court erases by-laws
It was a decision that doubtless had the denizens of luxury Sydney apartment block Horizon spluttering into their sundowner G&Ts on Monday afternoon … and then checking their bank accounts.…