Strata managers demand more defect protections
The national president of Strata Community Association - the strata managers' body - calls for a nationwide policy on better protection from building defects
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It’s time to punt the point scoring on Mascot Towers
It’s been almost four years since their homes in a crumbling apartment block were deemed uninhabitable. But if that wasn’t hard enough (while being occasionally kicked to the kerb by…
Podcast: Drumming up votes with Mascot plans
This week we offer you a podcast with all the bells and whistles – more accurately, it’s drums and gongs – as we take a very brief detour to listen…
Forum: Strata Managers under serious scrutiny
Strata managers have shuffled into the Forum spotlight this week, prompting questions about, it seems, lack of knowledge or understanding of basic strata law. Take a co-owner self-nominating for election…
Election special: Home is where the votes are
With Australia’s political parties throwing promises of cash around like lottery winners who forgot they didn’t want publicity, our national housing crisis has been one of the more significant targets…
Pitfalls and perils at a new block’s initial AGM
The initial AGM of a new building is an exciting, confusing and challenging event, especially for first-time owners. But the more things you get right there, the easier life will…
Online strata committee elections – the result is in
We all thought Covid-19 and Zoom meetings were behind us until Omicron emerged to scare the bejayzus out of us all over again. And with the prospect that we may…
Forum: consternation over late nomination
Sometimes in life, the secret of success is a question of good timing. Strata living is no exception and this week our Flatchatters have been watching the clock or, at…
Strata vote shambles leads to shipstorm of strife
Here’s an all-too typical tale of strata power struggles, law-bending, alleged vote-rigging and a Trumpian inability by key players to accept that they might have got it wrong. I’m not…
What negative gearing changes could mean to you
With big changes to negative gearing on investment properties proposed by Labor, SUE WILLIAMS looks at what a change of government might mean to the value of your apartments. The…
Podcast: What the pollies are promising the strata voters of NSW
It’s hard to believe that we’ll be voting on Saturday (March 23) for, possibly, the first new government in NSW in eight years. It’s also hard to believe that we…
Flat Chat Wrap #17 – Promises, promises … what the pollies are offering the strata voters of NSW
Jimmy Thomson and Sue Williams discuss what the various parties are offering strata residents and owners in the run-up to the NSW state election.