Minister explains new strata laws in detail
The proposed new strata laws and the thinking behind them were explained in the NSW Parliament this week by Fair Trading Minister Anoulak Chanthivong.
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Your guide to the new NSW Strata Living Guide
The NSW has released its new guide to strata living. JimmyT says it's good in parts but it's the bits that are missing that are a big concern.
Is compulsory voting the answer to strata apathy?
With allegations of ‘blind” voting exacerbated by language barriers at one blighted block in Melbourne, there have been calls for strata information and forms to be printed in the native…
Podcast: Rent bidding ban and too much information
In this our last Flat Chat Wrap podcast of the year, we kick the tyres of a couple of issues that will have consequences throughout strata. Or will they? And…
Podcast: Strata Hub stats and hottest spot for flats
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Info demanded for new government Strata Hub
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Strata data hub promises a mine of information
A few years and a couple of Fair Trading ministers ago, we sat down with then then incumbent Victor Dominello who outlined his dream of a data base that would…
Strata managers step up with info and advice
Monitoring cleaning services, supporting owners who are struggling to pay their levies, keeping track of the disputes procedures, keeping contractors and service providers afloat, advising on the use of communal…
Say hi to our new best of frenemies
Avid readers of this website may have noticed a new ad appearing on the bottom right of your screens, for LookUpStrata, a “rival” website. This is a result of an…
Rental data reveals … not a lot, really
Here at Flat Chat we are all in favour of transparency and freely available information. But we’ re scratching our heads at the latest step in that direction by the…