Forum: Is this new proxy farming voter fraud?
The new proxy farming, not refunding unneeded special levies, dealing with an added asbestos shed and revealing defects to potential buyers - all in this week's Forum.
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Commission enters new era without Chandler
New NSW Building Commissioner James Sherrard takes the reins promising to continue reforms - but David Chandler doesn't get a mention.
Podcast: Contracts, advice and rotting blocks
Jimmy and Sue give a qualified welcome to a new strata guide and discuss the criticism of strata management contracts and the claims about rotting blocks in Victoria.
Hundreds of Vic blocks rotting from inside
Two years ago the ABC and Flat Chat reported that cladding remediation was revealing big problems with apartment blocks in Victoria. Now a government report claims half of the blocks…
Sapphire: Shattered dreams or a bullet dodged?
Work has halted on the near-complete Sapphire development, leaving initial investors frustrated and angry as they decide whether their shattered dreams are really a bullet that they've dodged.
Podcast: The other strata trap, post Chandler
We start this week’s podcast by looking back at the previous episode which has broken all our records for regular downloads. It’s not surprising really, given that it was a chat with…
High-rise rescue to create 500-plus rental flats
One of Sydney’s most newsworthy apartment entities and another more notorious name have come together in an odd marriage of convenience to complete more than 500 apartments and ease the…
Forum: Hanging out for an answer on abseilers
There’s a really interesting post on the Forum about the first year in a new block’s life, but it has been sitting there for a week with a stack of…
Podcast: Future bright but present tense
Having been to more conferences that they’ve had Ubereats deliveries – and with drawers full of lanyards to prove it – Jimmy and Sue headed off to the Gold Coast…
Big and bright ideas meet huge strata challenges
By Jimmy Thomson and Sue Williams Black mould built into new homes, fire safety measures ignored and undermined, real estate marketers (rather than town planners) shaping our cities – these…
Chandler lauds iCIRT, names defects blackspots
NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler has named nine areas in NSW where there has been a history of defective apartment block developments, and he strongly advises potential apartment purchasers, there…
Forum: Taxing times with income you never see
It’s that time of year when we are all thinking about tax – if only because we have been bombarded with ad for EOFY (End of Financial Year) sales and…