Podcast: Causing strata strife is not okay, Boomers
Entitled, arrogant, ignorant and occasionally abusive – those are some of the accusations that have been levelled at the latest band of baddies to emerge in strata: downsizing Baby Boomers.…
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Pitfalls and perils at a new block’s initial AGM
The initial AGM of a new building is an exciting, confusing and challenging event, especially for first-time owners. But the more things you get right there, the easier life will…
High cost of choosing pros who tell porkies
We are conditioned to trust professionals, especially when they tell us what we want to hear. But what happens when they betray that trust and it costs us money, time,…
SM contracts to be fixed but not set in stone
Contracts between strata managers and owners corporations have been accused of being one-sided, rigid and unfair, but they are unlikely to be replaced by standard statutory contracts any time soon…
Time to thank the unsung heroes of strata life
Since we last met under the mistletoe, as apartment residents, we’ve found ourselves in the odd position of presenting a very specific challenge to Health authorities, whose responses lurched from…
New Vic strata laws target cronies and contracts
Strata laws have been given a major shake-up in Victoria – and it’s all about consumer protection. As well as including new rules for strata owners and committees, the new…
Podcast: What’s not in the strata managers’ code
This week in the Flat Chat Wrap podcast we take a deep dive into the strata managers’ code of ethics. We touched on the topic in the Forum last week…
Forum: Strata managers, the only way is ethics
Sometimes it’s the things that people are told not to do that give you an insight into what they might do or may have done in the past. Take strata…
Unit block cleaners ‘must be cleared to fight Covid’
Sydney’s leading high-rise services provider says NSW Health’s reluctance to designate apartment block cleaners and building facilities managers as essential workers is turning buildings into potential breeding grounds for the…
Podcast: Work cut out for property commissioner
We’re looking at some big news this week on the podcast and wondering what it all means. NSW Fair Trading has announced that they will be appointing a properties commissioner…
Managers targeted in Vic strata law upgrade
December may seem a long way off but for strata residents in Victoria, it will see a new dawn for their Owners Corporations as laws passed last month eventually come…
Podcast: Which apartment tribe do you belong to?
Do you know what your strata-living tribe is? Are you economically engaged, young and jobless or under-employed, battlers, established owners, downsizers or even public housing tenants? Professor Bill Randolph of…