Windows, sliding doors and the DBPA regs
The whole vexed question of who is responsible for windows and sliding balcony doors has been a frequent topic of discussion on this website – not least because it depends…
DBPA
Podcast: Strata lawyer answers your questions
There’s a change of pace in the Flat Chat Wrap this week as we replay the first 30 minutes of our online chat with leading strata lawyer David Bannerman.Jimmy was…
Lawyer in the Hot Seat: we get As for your Qs
There can be fewer areas more susceptible to rumour, misinformation and – let’s face it – ignorance, than strata law and by-laws. You know how it goes. Someone has a…
Podcast: Waterproof woes and Brisbane’s boom
The issue we raised last week rumbles on with experienced waterproofers claiming they are being driven out of the industry in NSW while engineers and builders line up to take…
Another builder opts for the brain drain
The whole question of why experienced waterproofers are being allowed to leave the building industry has generated a lot of comment. Here one 14-year veteran explains what the challenges are…
Costs and delays behind renovation war of words
As we often say here, apartment living can be a minefield of unintended consequences. And it even sees battles in which neither of two diametrically opposed forces are wrong. It…
Confusion rules: Design and Building Act explained
When it came to tightening quality control of building work, it was always likely that the new NSW Design and Building and Practitioners Act would have unintended consequences. The Act…