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Get your strata block all set for cyclone impact

  • 05/03/2025
  • Author Jimmy-T

Strata buildings, especially townhouses, are not immune from the devastating effects of cyclones, and you need to get your strata block ready for Cyclone Alfred ... or the one after…

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    Forum: When a disruptive owner Zooms back in

    • 13/12/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    It’s hard to think of a downside for Covid being behind us (if, indeed, it is) but one unanticipated consequence is the end of the need to hold strata meetings…

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      Schoolies are coming home … to your place!

      • 22/11/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Apartment owners, residents, committees and managers should be ready to crack down on unruly schoolies in apartment blocks, say strata advocates, as senior students celebrate their end of terms. Apartments,…

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        Forum: Who has the power to get things done?

        • 25/10/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Here’s a scenario for you to get your teeth into. Your owners corporation has passed a number of items on the AGM agenda, requesting specific action, but the committee and/or…

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          Forum: Lines drawn in parking space battle

          • 21/06/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          It’s a bumper crop of Forum posts this week but I’m drawn to one that reminds me of a friend of mine – a real estate agent – who was…

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            After the deluge: when mould takes hold

            • 05/04/2022
            • Author Jimmy-T

            With impeccable timing, given the OCN webinar on waterproofing today (Wednesday, April 6), here’s a Sydney Morning Herald Lifestyle section report by Sue Williams about how mould can come into…

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              Airbnb ‘won’t name renter of trashed unit to police’

              • 04/01/2022
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Just a few weeks since the much-vaunted short-term letting register and code of conduct became law, Riot Squad police have twice been called in to break up violent and destructive…

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                Forum: A warning about issuing warnings

                • 14/12/2021
                • Author Jimmy-T

                I have to admit I’m feeling unusually smug this week – but that’s what happens when you get things so precisely right it feels like there was a betting fix…

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                  Pet-friendly housing helps everyone, says report

                  • 22/02/2021
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  A new report backed by six Australian universities has concluded that having pets is good for both tenants and landlords. However, even though more than 60 per cent of Australian…

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                    Forum: Unfinancialized by a sneaky strata manager

                    • 12/01/2021
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    One of the suggestions that I made in my overly lengthy submission to the strata law consultations was that seriously incompetent strata managers should face serious penalties, including potentially being…

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                      Forum: Car cable-eating rats in the too-hard basket

                      • 28/07/2020
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      We’re taking a deep dive into the too-hard basket of strata committees this week, starting with one that says there’s nothing they can do about an infestation of rats, partly…

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                        Insurance and tax checks squeeze Airbnb hosts

                        • 22/10/2019
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        A combination of tax crackdowns and insurance obligations is making the prospect of letting homes on holiday letting websites like Airbnb a much less attractive option, according to a story…

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