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Forum: Rogue renovator ready to face the music

  • 01/06/2021
  • Author Jimmy-T

This week’s lead Forum post feels like a duet between Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus – as in “Oops, I Did It Again,” and “Wrecking Ball.” Given the number of…

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    Forum: Seeking speaking permission & rising damp

    • 24/02/2021
    • Author Jimmy-T

    There’s a genuine “Catch-22” hidden in one of our questions this week.  How can you ask to speak at a strata committee meeting when you aren’t allowed to speak? The…

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      Still problems in these pet-friendlier times

      • 12/03/2018
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      There’s  lingering a belief around apartment living that unit blocks don’t allow pets, anywhere, ever. It goes back to the grim old days of three storey walk-ups when the rules…

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        Cellar dwellers undermine strata laws

        • 21/11/2015
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        Just when we thought we had read everything, along come two owners who have illegally created cellars under their units. They have cut holes in their floors, removed soil and…

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