Podcast: Off-plan buyers rage and SMs slap back
In this week's podcast Jimmy and Sue discuss whether there is a viable solution to the Sapphire schemozzle in Gosford. And do strata managers have a point about unfair treatment…
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Podcast: How to crowdfund your new flat
In this week’s podcast we take a look at Sues story about people buying property, not only with the help of Mum and Dad, but with investment from extended family…
Chandler lauds iCIRT, names defects blackspots
NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler has named nine areas in NSW where there has been a history of defective apartment block developments, and he strongly advises potential apartment purchasers, there…
Can developers fix their defective reputations?
We have written a lot in these pages about efforts by the NSW Building Commission to ensure defects in new apartment buildings are fixed, in part using the iCIRT star…
Video nasty exposes nightmare on Easy Street
Ready to see something really awful? It’s a cross between a video nasty version of The Block and a horror film they could call Nightmare on Easy Street. Once again…
Podcast: Star-struck buyers, Mascot misery
It’s a packed Wrap this week with a lot happening in and around strata. Global credit rating and data analysis agency Equifax – the people who measure how many of…
Podcast – Greenie grass of affordable homes
We’re heading across the border to Victoria this week where the Greens are flexing their balance-of-power muscle by demanding changes to the state housing program, as detailed in this post on the…
Seminars: Buying trust, minding your block
There are two essential seminars coming up in the next few weeks – one online, the other in real life (with added drinks and games) – so get your diaries…
Ten-year building warranty is a strata game changer
COMMENT: A crucial element in the NSW apartment building revolution has arrived with the first of the big insurers prepared to take a punt on Chandler’s five-star reforms. As we…
Building insurers back in the apartment game
When Building Commissioner David Chandler told us that his shake-up of new building standards in NSW would lead to a return of insurers providing cover for new apartment builds, there…
Podcast: Poor ratings – where’s the stars, Dave?
This week on the Flat Chat website we celebrate the launch of Sue’s new book about spray-on skin pioneer, Professor Fiona Wood. What’s the link with strata? Well, if there…