Forum: Mending fences creates division – twice
We have never been known for sitting on the fence here at Flatchat but we have two fence issues in the Forum this week. In one, the builder of a…
We have never been known for sitting on the fence here at Flatchat but we have two fence issues in the Forum this week. In one, the builder of a…
This week we want to feature what can only be described as a “zombie post” – first sent in 2016 – but no less relevant for that, as a reply…
There’s a report on a potentially groundbreaking resolution to an all-too-common issue in the Forum this week. Up until now, in NSW, if you wanted to get rid of your…
After the tsunami of post-festive strata questions, complaints and clarifications, everything has settled down a bit (quite a lot, actually), but that’s good because it gives us a chance to…
Never mind all the strata news and even our podcasts -although we’re proud of the lot of them – the Flat Chat forum is the engine that drives this website.…
I’ve long been an advocate of a policy of “if in doubt, do nothing” but it seems there are situations in strata – especially in small schemes – where not…
Having spent years trying to answer readers’ questions or, more to the point, allowing Flatchatters to answer each other’s, I have a question for you. I have recently bought an…
How much do you trust your committee members? Would you give them or even just your office-bearers each a $5k debit card so they could pay bills as and when…
This week’s weird and not-so wonderful story comes straight out of one of those TV reality shows about hoarders getting their home cleaned up for free. Our Flatchatter has a…
One of the small but significant changes proposed in the strata laws currently making their way through the NSW parliament will be that powers of attorney votes (POA) will be…
Here’s a tricky one for all you legal eaglets, a chance to scratch your Rumpole itch. An owner successfully applies for an Apprehended Personal Violence Order against a committee member.…
When does a determined owner who keeps applying for the same thing over and over just become a pest? An owner in one Flatchatter’s scheme keeps proposing basically the same…