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Focus on defects and disasters, pocket $100

  • 03/05/2022
  • Author Jimmy-T

Want to add to academics’ collective knowledge about living in strata and all the  … um .. challenges it presents, and score a couple of $50 vouchers for doing so?…

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    Podcast: Strata’s next big challenge – ageing blocks

    • 23/02/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    This week’s podcast is given over to one topic – but it’s a fascinating one: What are we going to do about Australia’s older apartment blocks? Sure, there’s been a…

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      High cost of choosing pros who tell porkies

      • 01/02/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      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,…

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        Podcast: Airbnb curbs and the intercom of doom

        • 11/01/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Like a wayward teenager who stayed out too late, Airbnb is creeping back into our lives, hoping to avoid our parental wrath, but finding a less than loving reception waiting…

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          Forum: Fight the builder or turn an blind eye?

          • 22/12/2021
          • Author Jimmy-T

          There’s a doubly time-sensitive issue in one of our forum questions this week. An owner’s corp has forced their builder to fix some waterproofing issues but in testing the repairs,…

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            Govt. promises major strata fire safety revamp

            • 14/12/2021
            • Author Jimmy-T

            There is a lot of confusion and anger in Strataland about fire safety, including who gets to choose what’s safe and what isn’t, and how a building that has passed…

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              NCAT delays force family back into mouldy unit

              • 14/12/2021
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Unexplained delays by the NSW government’s property tribunal have forced a mother, her five-year-old daughter and her elderly parents to move back into their damp, mouldy apartment. Sarah Wu’s family…

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                Sea-change block blitz as commissioner heads north

                • 20/11/2021
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Sea-changing apartment buyers tempted out of Sydney by the charms of NSW’s north coast – or driven out by fears of future lockdowns – may feel slightly more secure this…

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                  Forum: Chihuahua driving neighbour barking mad

                  • 09/11/2021
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  There can be few things worse in strata that finding yourself living next door to an incessantly yapping dog. Actually, there is: living next door to an incessantly yapping dog…

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                    Forum: Tribunal rubber stamps illegal extension

                    • 02/11/2021
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    For those of us who believe in law and logic, strata can be a bit challenging sometimes. Take Flatchatter Anne-X whose two top-floor neighbours took advantage of work in the…

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                      Strata insurers must not forget a horrible history

                      • 01/11/2021
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      There’s a statement about a proposal to invite insurance firms to provide building warranties for new apartment blocks – but only those constructed by the best builders – which may…

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                        Podcast: See you soon … on your CCTV screens

                        • 26/10/2021
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        Exactly who gets to view the recording from your strata scheme’s CCTV cameras?  That’s a topic that’s been keeping us occupied on the Flat Chat Forum and now gets an…

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