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Poll votes reveal two distinct faces of strata

  • 19/12/2024
  • Author Jimmy-T

Our online poll has revealed two different communities that need support in strata - long-suffering old hands and naive newbies who may not know what they're getting into.

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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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      Free webinar aims to counter strata confusion

      • 01/06/2021
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Any regular reader of this website will know that the lack of knowledge about and understanding of strata issues can range from the hilarious to the heart-rending. “How can I…

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        Low-income families hit hardest by unit-living’s many challenges

        • 28/05/2020
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Too many Australians living in apartments have too little choice over where they live, are disproportionately affected by the challenges of apartment living, and are less likely to have the…

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          Flat Chat Wrap #28 – Residents out on the street as another Faulty Tower crumbles

          • 18/06/2019
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Residents of the 130-plus apartments in the Mascot Tower apartment block in Sydney’s South were evacuated over the weekend when cracks in walls and supporting beams suddenly widened. JimmyT and…

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            Resident owners’ report slams holiday letting laws

            • 25/11/2018
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            The peak body representing apartment owners in NSW has blasted the incoming short-term holiday letting laws as “excessively generous” to holiday letting hosts and a threat to the very nature…

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