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Later deadline for help with recent-build defects

  • 12/06/2023
  • Author Jimmy-T

Okay, you can stop panicking … for now.  If your strata committee hasn’t applied for help with new or recent block building defects through the NSW government’s Project Intervene, the…

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    Defects and cladding help deadlines looming

    • 14/05/2023
    • Author Jimmy-T

    There are two very important deadlines coming up for strata schemes in NSW – both on June 30, this year and both demanding immediate attention from affected schemes. In one,…

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      Cupcakes, wine and poems beat lockdown blues

      • 31/08/2021
      • Author Jimmy-T

      It seems some people are never happier than when they are making other people miserable. Listeners to last week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast may remember JimmyT hopping into a troll…

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        Will cook and clean … for a room in your home

        • 25/11/2018
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        Take people who don’t have enough time on their hands to do basic domestic duties … but own one of seven million spare rooms believed to be lurking in Australian…

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          Hold on – help is closer than you think

          • 13/11/2018
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          It doesn’t matter how long you’ve lived in strata or whether you are a resident or a committee member, sooner or later you are going to need to ask for…

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            Roundup: And the answer is … the Forum

            • 23/10/2018
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            Usually on the weekly Roundup, I start with a story that’s caught my eye or piqued my curiosity and then lead into the best of the questions on the Forum.…

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