Forum: Was agenda rigged to scupper clean-up?
Here at Flat Chat we love it when clever-clogs committee members manipulate meetings to get the result they want … but then turn out to be not quite as smart…
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Airbnb ‘won’t name renter of trashed unit to police’
Just a few weeks since the much-vaunted short-term letting register and code of conduct became law, Riot Squad police have twice been called in to break up violent and destructive…
Podcast: Pets, privacy and penalties in law review
This week a massive review of NSW strata laws landed in Parliament and it’s given us a lot to talk about … perhaps a little too much. As you will…
Access denied: why emails are a hot strata topic
How would you feel if all the other owners in your apartment block were able to look up your email address on the strata manager’s files? Not keen? Okay, how…
Podcast: Is it OK to block access to email addresses?
In the latest Flat Chat Wrap, listeners (and readers) get a preview of this week’s Fin Review column which will examine the issue of access to other owners’ email addresses.…
Forum: Who can view videos from strata CCTV?
Here’s an issue that started as simple question on the Forum and has evolved into something altogether more troubling. If your strata scheme has CCTV cameras recording the comings and…
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…
Forum: Back-scratching backsliders face big fines
There’s always likely to be a bit of mutual back-scratching on any strata committee, but when it runs to turning a blind eye to payments that should have been made…
Your email address and the myth of privacy
Imagine you’ve noticed a proposal in your strata scheme to spend too much money on the wrong project or with a contractor you’ve heard overcharges and is unreliable. Strata committee…
PODCAST 55 – Privacy poppycock, powers of attorney and pets in peril
This week in the podcast we revisit the vexed question of whether or not you should be allowed to view other owners’ email addresses. The SCA (Strata Community Australia –…
PODCAST : Email privacy, off-the-plan protection and power grabs
Privacy, consumer protections and how to engineer radical change in your apartment block are the main topics for discussion in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast. A heated discussion in…
Flat Chat Wrap 51 – Email privacy, off-the-plan protections and owner revolts
Privacy, consumer protections and how to engineer radical change in your apartment block are the main topics for discussion in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast. A heated discussion in…