Strata shock! Why your levies are way too high
Why are your levies a lot higher than you expected? There's no mystery and you can reduce them – if you’re prepared to get stuck in.
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Poll: Strata law changes that you like most
Choose the five strata law changes that appeal to you most - and see what everyone else is thinking.
Minister explains new strata laws in detail
The proposed new strata laws and the thinking behind them were explained in the NSW Parliament this week by Fair Trading Minister Anoulak Chanthivong.
New laws: compulsory training for committees
New laws tabled this week will force strata committee members to undergo training, levies in new blocks will have to be realistic and embedded network scams could see sales cancelled.
Podcast: All the buzz about embedded networks
This week’s podcast is mostly devoted to embedded networks, what they are, why they can be good or bad, and what you can do to make them work for your…
Back chatting on the ABC with James Valentine
For longer than either of us can remember, James Valentine used to invite me on to his Afternoons radio show to talk about strata, writes JimmyT. People would call in…
Podcast: The other Minns – our strata commish
In this week’s Flat Chat Wrap we welcome freshly minted Strata Commissioner John Minns (not to be confused with NSW Premier Chris Minns) to tell us about his new role,…
Podcast: Contract con tricks and little victories
It’s very much a mixed bag in this week’s podcast, not least because what’s good news for some in property prices is, inevitably, bad news for others. But first, we…
High cost of choosing pros who tell porkies
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,…
Podcast: Fun and games as the Wrap takes off
OK, stop, relax, breathe. We’re not taking a break these holidays so much as easing our collective foot off the gas We thought that, rather than drag someone out of…