Podcast: Qld forced sales, big trouble in Little Bay
No sooner had we said last week that Queensland needed to look at their “collective sales” laws – allowing a super majority of owners to compel the minority to sell…
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Qld to allow forced sales of ‘hold-out’ units
Queensland’s body corporate laws are to move closer to one of NSW’s most significant strata law changes of recent years, with a proposal to allow collective sale of apartment blocks…
Podcast: Drumming up votes with Mascot plans
This week we offer you a podcast with all the bells and whistles – more accurately, it’s drums and gongs – as we take a very brief detour to listen…
Qld laws blocking relief for flooded residents
Relief and compensation for apartment owners whose homes were destroyed by Queensland’s floods are being blocked because of outdated laws that prevent the sale of apartment blocks unless all owners…
SMs turn against Qld’s pre-sold contracts
Imagine if you bought a new car and you were told you were now contractually obliged to have it serviced by a certain mechanic, on their terms, for the next…
Podcast: Waterproof woes and Brisbane’s boom
The issue we raised last week rumbles on with experienced waterproofers claiming they are being driven out of the industry in NSW while engineers and builders line up to take…
Introducing a voice of reason from Queensland
As we never tire of saying on this website, there are almost as many differences between strata law in separate states as there are similarities. So we are pleased to…
Body corp in poo over blocked pipe claim
A recent case concerning a blocked sewage pipe that flooded an apartment has left a Queensland body corporate in the poo, exploded a myth about strata insurance and highlighted a…
Owners battle illegal lets and crippling contracts
Queensland apartment owners are ramping up their battles to regain control over their homes on two fronts. One aspect is the fundamentally immoral (but entirely legal) practise of developers selling…
Podcast: Another blow to ‘no-pets’ buildings
There’s another very mixed bag this week but it’s mostly good news in these trying times. Up in Queensland, the tribunal there is chipping away at restrictive pet by-laws in…
Trafalgar loses another battle in dog fight
A controversial mixed-use holiday rental and residential building has lost another battle in its continuing, long-running war against pets in the building. Thanks to a Queensland Body Corporate Commission tribunal…
Too-hard basket smoked out by duty-of-care ruling
There’s an interesting side issue to the Queensland smoke-drift case resolved at a tribunal in December last year. And it could spell the beginning of the end for the “too-hard…