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…
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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…
New Chandler video exposes ‘another Mascot’
Building Commissioner David Chandler believes another Mascot Towers may have been avoided thanks to his department’s intervention in a high-rise development in Wollongong. “The nightmare at Crown View in Wollongong…
Forum: Neighbour stung by selfish beekeeper
Our main Forum question this week relates to behaviour that pretty much typifies the “me first” attitude that really does not belong in strata, One owner in a townhouse scheme…
Video nasty exposes nightmare on Easy Street
Ready to see something really awful? It’s a cross between a video nasty version of The Block and a horror film they could call Nightmare on Easy Street. Once again…
Podcast: Chandler’s changing strata challenges
The only story in strata in the past week has been the decision by Building Commissioner David Chandler to hang up his hard hat and retire in August. So we thought…
Top thinkers at strata-fest, with added JimmyT
Ever wondered if there’s a better way of managing dysfunctional committees or disruptive committee members? Would an organisational psychologists’ advice help? How about keeping up with changes to strata law,…
Chandler’s parting words: message is the mission
Last week NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler rocked Strataland when he announced he will be retiring in August. But he’s not going away – in fact, he has given himself…
Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat, Part 2
This second part of Lawyer In The Hotseat opens with an apology for promoting a discussion on ebikes in last week’s podcast, forgetting that it’s actually in this, the second…