OCN’s big day will get us ready for the future
The Owners Corporation Network (OCN) is gearing up for its big annual Strata Matters conference which this year includes a chance to see Flat Chat Wrap co-hosts JimmyT and Sue…
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Have your say on building defect insurance
DLI is a strict liability insurance product of first resort that covers critical building elements, such as structure, waterproofing and fire safety systems. It allows building owners to make a claim…
Forum: Range wars and modern strata cowboys
Back in the old Wild West (of America, not Australia) they had what they called “range wars” – they broke out when farmers, who legitimately owned chunks of land, would…
Podcast: Council cops unit block defects orders
We’re going interstate and all-ages in this week’s mixed bag but we start with a council on Sydney’s North Shore that has been served with a repair order for defects in…
Get the lowdown on the top 10 strata issues
What would you say are the top ten issues in strata right now? Building defects? By-laws and breaches? Strata disputes and the logjam at NCAT? Well, those three are certainly…
Strata law website from a top strata lawyer
It’s all very well to look up strata laws and regulations on the internet, but what do they all mean? What are the changes in the laws and how are…
Podcast: Toplace crash leaves Vicinity in limbo
There’s only one story in strata this week – Toplace, the developer of the benighted Vicinity building, went into receivership, leaving owners with an estimated bill of between $50m and…
Up to five more Mascots facing possible disaster
There could be as many as five apartment blocks in NSW teetering on the brink of forced evacuation – as befell the Mascot and Opal Towers four years ago –…
Forum: Strata split built into small block
It’s school holiday time so most of our readers have headed off for a vacation, leaving their strata woes behind them. Either that or they can’t get to their computers…
Forum: Newlyweds’ dream shattered by shonk
There’s a sad tale from Victoria on the website this week, concerning a newly-wed couple who put their hopes, dreams and First Homeowners grant into a two-bed flat in Prahran.…
Why the Otto2 case study is such a big deal
For the past couple of weeks we have been writing (and talking) about a case study that detailed the battle of one block in Sydney that got bogged down in…
Podcast: Chandler unpacks case study facts
Last week we discussed the new report from the NSW Office of the Building Commissioner – they’re calling it a case study – titled “Broken Promises, Blame Games and Balconies”.…