Forum: Rare posts that tell the whole story
I’s a relatively rare pleasure on the Flat Chat forum to get the full story on a dispute, from initial complaint though to resolution. Often, but not always, Flatchatters will…
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Mascot owners’ plan to walk away is blocked
Owners in the Mascot tower have failed in their efforts to have the collective sale of the block authorised so that they could sell the site to the highest bidder…
Forum: Little leeway offered for levy debts
The discussion on whether or not – and when – you should push to get unpaid levels back has generated a lot of interest and it’s worth catching up with…
Forum: Would you let serious levies debts slide?
It’s been a quiet week on the Forum – at least as far as new topics go; something to do with the blue moon, I guess. So while there’s a…
ABC levies debts report misses the mark
OPINION There’s a story in the ABC TV’s business report about how an apartment owner who’s had a run of rotten luck has just had everything made worse by her…
Podcast: Bankrupting levy debtors is a bad idea
No sooner had we written about how paying levies is often the first thing to go when apartment owners are facing a cost-of-living crisis, than this story pops up on the…
Who’s minding your block’s big-bucks budgets?
As rising costs of living and mortgage interest rates both bite at our heels, it seems levy (or fee) payments are often among the first financial commitments to suffer when…
Forum: Early eviction landlord hung out to dry
There’s a fine mixed bag of questions and complaints in this week’s forum – from an early rental eviction attempt to a plan to scrap a laundry drying area. A…
Levies debts: Who suffers when you can’t pay?
As the financial screws start to tighten on individuals, it’s interesting to see what they are prepared to sacrifice just to stay afloat in the cost of living crunch. For…
Forum: All the views, news and blues that fit
There’s been a lot of activity on the Flat Chat Forum in the past week although it’s mostly been back and forth on earlier questions (but none of them as…
Forum: Cashflow crunch as levies debts rise
There’s an issue gathering a head of steam in strata right now and it’s related to the rising cost of living, and owners facing mortgage stress. It seems that…
Unbalanced: When owners stop paying levies
With inimitable timing SCA (Vic) President Julie McLean has posted about the dangers of letting individual owners’ levy debts pile up. As you’ll see from these posts to the Flat…