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Flat Chat Wrap #31 – Tip of the defects iceberg and why it’s such a massive problem

  • 09/07/2019
  • Author Jimmy-T

In this week’s episode of the Flat Chat Wrap we look at the revelation that the Opal and Mascot towers “disasters” are just the tip of a very large apartment…

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    Flat Chat Wrap #14 – Three rants and why we’ll never get a Royal Commission

    • 26/02/2019
    • Author Jimmy-T

    JimmyT rants about Airbnb, defects (and the Opal Tower report) and cladding … and explains why we’ll never get a Royal Commission into the apartment building industry.

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      Podcast: On air with Josh Zepps and Part 2 of the strata disaster

      • 31/01/2019
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Every so often, I get invited on to a radio or TV show to talk about apartments.  This week I’ve been on Breakfast on ABC 702 with Josh Zepps, (usually…

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