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Forum: Angry tradie targets new unit owner

  • 17/05/2022
  • Author Jimmy-T

Here’s a conundrum from way out of left field, and then some.  One of our Flatchatters has just received a final demand, and a threat of legal action, from a…

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    Forum: Owner uses pool despite having moved out

    • 08/03/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    There are times when what’s right and what’s legal seem to be in direct conflict – and strata is one of those areas of life replete with these tricky, quirky…

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      Podcast: Holiday let free-for-all (except investors)

      • 15/02/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      It’s Airbnb (and Stays etc etc) all the way in this week’s podcast (sorry!) as we discuss the implications of Jimmy’s belated discovery that the Sydney-only by-laws banning holiday lets…

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        Rental as anything – new app by-passes agents

        • 26/11/2020
        • Author Jimmy-T

        New research has revealed that both tenants and landlords believe unhelpful real estate agents are among the biggest obstacles to their happy co-existence. Research commissioned by the founders of a…

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          Proxy pain as non-owner rules unit block

          • 26/05/2016
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          It’s a familiar scenario: someone gets on your strata committees and starts ruling the place on the highly dubious basis of whatever they want is what’s best for everyone. That…

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