Podcast: Tax fixer-uppers and strata spies
The tax office is targetting double-dipping landlords who claim all sorts of things they shouldn’t, or just claim for stuff the wrong way.For instance, property investors routinely claim levies as a tax…
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A funny thing happened on the way to the podcast
OK, I admit it – we’ve been in holiday mode. Could we have cobbled together a podcast on Sunday morning after New Year’s Eve (or Hogmanay, as we call it…
Forum: Covid con trick as owners denied strata roll
Here’s a neat double standard straight out of the “Obstructive Strata Manager Handbook (Covid-19 edition).” Our Flatchatter’s partner has just been told by his strata manager that the scheme will…
How to spot a well-managed apartment block
With consumer confidence in brand-new or off-the-plan apartments taking a hit after the Opal Tower crisis in Sydney, where massive cracks started appearing in supporting walls on Christmas Eve, many…
Strata townhouses of horrors
If you read this originally in Domain in the SMH, you can read the original post HERE. We tend to think of the worst strata misery occurring in multi-unit high…