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Victoria: A shambolic state of strata chaos

  • 01/12/2022
  • Author Jimmy-T

How bad are things in Victorian strata? As you will read in this article, the removal of flammable cladding is revealing building structures that are rotting from the inside out.…

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    Podcast: Trouble with the Hub is TLI – too little info

    • 22/11/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    Are you feeling under-exposed and ill-informed?  That may be because the much-vaunted NSW strata data Hub doesn’t tell anyone who doesn’t already know stuff very much about your apartment blocks…

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      Forum: Reno nightmare as upstairs flats combined

      • 23/11/2021
      • Author Jimmy-T

      You can feel the sense of dread in one of our posts to the Forum this week.  A builder has bought the top two flats in a small block and…

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        Podcast: Is it OK to block access to email addresses?

        • 16/11/2021
        • Author Jimmy-T

        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.…

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          PODCAST 55 – Privacy poppycock, powers of attorney and pets in peril

          • 15/01/2020
          • Author Jimmy-T

          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 –…

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