Floating floors and renos
Who’s responsible when a neighbour floods your timber floor – insurers can’t agree. And then there’s the vexed question of compensation for tenants during major renovations … and more on…
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Talking Kings Cross on ABC radio Breakfast
With the first section of my crime novel Perfect Criminals set in Kings Cross, Wendy Harmer and Robbie Buck asked me if the Cross was changing and if it was…
Off to Vietnam … with a confession
Does Jimmy really hate Airbnb. No, he says – in fact, he has a confession to make about his trip to Vietnam. And you can read about plans for his…
Inflammable cladding
Jimmy, James and callers discuss inflammable cladding – who pays and why it’s scarier than you thought.
Last word on new short-term letting laws
Actually, that heading is a bit misleading, if not wildly hopeful. The NSW government is due any day to table its response to the Coure inquiry into holiday letting, the…
Roundup: Monstered by tradies with trucks
I was in at the ABC doing my strata spot with James Valentine the other day and the question of monster trucks and the increasing squeeze in apartment block car…
StrataKops and Airbnb
You’re always hesitant in this game to claim that you have a regular slot, anywhere, doing anything. Or you should be – it’s usually a guaranteed precursor to getting…