Developers dump gas stovetops for induction
High profile apartment developers pledge to drop gas stoves from new apartments in favour of electrical induction cooktops.
environment
Affordable or sustainable – can’t we have both?
Climate change deniers aside, most people agree that taking steps towards sustainability in an effort to curb global heating is a desirable aim. Meanwhile, opportunist property investors excluded, there is…
Podcast: Will data diving replace tenant checks?
A couple of weeks ago we received a press release from a company called Equifax who are a data analysis company that specialises in credit checks, among other things. Those…
Waterfix saving strata blocks tens of thousands
Is your strata block pouring money down the drain (almost) literally? Sydney Water claims its Waterfix Strata efficiency program is saving 75 Olympic sized swimming pools and close to half…
Coalition vows to make it easier to vote solar
Just when we thought the government didn’t care about strata they come up with a pre-election announcement designed to raise the high-rise feelgood factor. According to this story in the…
Air-con: hot topic demands cool heads
A strata scheme not a million miles from where I sit is facing a very modern quandary – how do they deal with global warming when it gets real but…
Dish the data … save the planet … win $200
Did you know that, despite the fact that we share a lot of services, apartment blocks tend to be less right-on than stand-alone houses when it comes to the environment?…