Pressure tells as time runs out on holiday lets
With the government ducking its promised announcement this week on new laws on short term holiday rentals, it may be that they think there may be more of a backlash…
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Roundup: Confusion as flawed laws revealed
Another week, and the steady trickle of confusion in our daily strata lives is gradually turning into a flood of frustration. Just skimming this website would be enough to give…
Roundup: Clock ticking on your compulsory by-law review
Have you completed your by-laws review yet? What do you mean “what by-law review?” The NSW strata laws that came in last November gave all owners corporations exactly one year…
Roundup: The power of doing absolutely nothing
Sometimes in my idle moments – not that there are many of them – I think about writing a book on the power of doing nothing. I’m sure it would…
Bans, charges and registration mooted for holiday lets
The State government will go back to the drawing board on holiday letting when it issues its options paper, which industry insiders say is likely to land tomorrow (Friday 21).…
Rogue developer gets a reality check
Regular readers will recall the saga of the rogue developer on the far North coast who basically tried to run his new building to suit himself, with no regard for…
Strata management giant slugs unit owners millions
More than 200,000 unit owners have been slugged with compulsory ‘compliance fees’ potentially totalling millions of dollars, that critics have branded ‘gouging’. And the NSW Government Minister in charge of…
Strata laws need a sanity clause
Did the earth move for you on Wednesday? Or was the long-awaited arrival of a raft of new strata laws just another day at the office? To be honest, the…
Smoking zones planned for apartment blocks
Sydney’s unit blocks may soon get a feature they will share with pubs’ pokie parlours, as well as some overseas international airports. Apartment owners will soon be able to set…
MPs reject pro-airbnb laws
The tide appears to be turning on the apparently frantic rush to make unrestricted apartment holiday letting the norm in Australia. The upper house in the Victorian parliament has rejected…
Fast-tracked strata disputes first go in-house
Dispute resolution in NSW strata schemes is about to get a lot easier. Whether it will be better remains to be seen. Under the new strata laws, due to…
New laws – new seminar
With the new strata laws just over the horizon, a number of strata professionals and community groups are organizing information events. The next Uber off the rank is an Owners…