Castle owners under siege over fire safety
People love to cite the classic Australian movie The Castle whenever bureaucracy starts interfering with our rights to do what we want in our homes. But when your strata block…
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Govt. promises major strata fire safety revamp
There is a lot of confusion and anger in Strataland about fire safety, including who gets to choose what’s safe and what isn’t, and how a building that has passed…
Forum: Strata managers, the only way is ethics
Sometimes it’s the things that people are told not to do that give you an insight into what they might do or may have done in the past. Take strata…
Forum: Committee coup breaks so many rules
There are some very dubious goings on in one of our Flatchatter’s schemes, where a coup by half of the committee has been conducted under cover of covid. Up until…
Forum: Rogue renovator ready to face the music
This week’s lead Forum post feels like a duet between Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus – as in “Oops, I Did It Again,” and “Wrecking Ball.” Given the number of…
New rental laws give tenants more rights
New laws for residential tenancies are about to come into force in NSW, with their general thrust being to make like better for renters. Given that more than half the…