Burning questions about fire inspections answered
Recently, there have been a number of questions about fire safety inspections and measures on the Flat Chat Forum. Last week, one of our Flatchatters, an accredited Fire Safety Practitioner,…
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Forum: Are two-lot strata schemes too much hassle?
We tend not to hear too much about the mysteries two-lot strata schemes like duplexes and villas. Is “mysteries” over-stating it? For a long time Randwick Council in Sydney’s East…
Forum: Delayed complaint leads to doubt over debt
Here’s a tricky one from a Flatchatter who wants to do the right thing but isn’t sure how much he should actually do. The problem is that the owner downstairs…
Forum: Should we pay committee members?
It’s that time of year again when we are coming to the end of the school holidays and Australia Day is upon us. On top of all that, we are…
Forum: A warning about issuing warnings
I have to admit I’m feeling unusually smug this week – but that’s what happens when you get things so precisely right it feels like there was a betting fix…
Forum: Owner falls foul of strict window by-law
There’s a mixture of Forum posts this week – new questions and answers and some ongoing discussions. One fresh conundrum concerns an owner who’s fallen foul of by-laws related to…
Forum: Reno nightmare as upstairs flats combined
You can feel the sense of dread in one of our posts to the Forum this week. A builder has bought the top two flats in a small block and…
Forum: Strata managers, the only way is ethics
Sometimes it’s the things that people are told not to do that give you an insight into what they might do or may have done in the past. Take strata…
Forum: Tribunal rubber stamps illegal extension
For those of us who believe in law and logic, strata can be a bit challenging sometimes. Take Flatchatter Anne-X whose two top-floor neighbours took advantage of work in the…
Forum: Greatest visitor parking swindle ever
This week’s lead story isn’t really from the Forum but it’s definitely one for the Forum. It’s all about how an opportunist with an eye for a cash grab can…
Forum: Committee coup breaks so many rules
There are some very dubious goings on in one of our Flatchatter’s schemes, where a coup by half of the committee has been conducted under cover of covid. Up until…
Flat Chat website: Easier to find, simpler to use
We’ve been doing a bit of a renovation on the Flat Chat website, some of it obvious, some more subtle and none of it involving drilling or jack-hammering. For a…