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Strata shock! Why your levies are way too high

  • 03/04/2025
  • Author Jimmy-T

Why are your levies a lot higher than you expected?  There's no mystery and you can reduce them – if you’re prepared to get stuck in.

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    Flat Chat Wrap #27 – Ghost towers, cladding costs and power games

    • 12/06/2019
    • Author Jimmy-T

    This week, JimmyT and Sue Williams discuss the brand new empty flats that investors are “warehousing” – keeping them locked up and unlived in –  until the property market improves.…

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      Roundup: After you’ve voted on same-sex marriage …

      • 12/09/2017
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      Cast your vote in the Flat Chat poll on whether or not our strata committees should speak on our behalf. It’s interesting watching the discussions over same sex marriage and…

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