In-built pet care is the latest apartment lure
There was a time when pets were banned from apartment buildings - now luring pet-owners with fur-baby facilities is big business.
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Co-living brings the high life closer to home
Small studio flats with large shared spaces in even bigger blocks could be the next big idea in affordable homes.
Mind the gap as unit prices rise but houses fall
The gap between the median house prices and apartment prices is narrowing as units keep going up but houses start to slip.
Podcast: Bank rate hogwash, strata dog wash
Aa new trend in affordable co-living, the narrowing gap between house and apartment prices, why economists deal with pie in the sky, and dog washing bays in unit blocks.
Forum: Conflicting views on strata self-interest
Is there a conflict of interest when you vote for something that only benefits you? Plus changing UEs, who pays for a broken intercom, and private property stored in a…
Has Govt given green light to more red tape?
The NSW government has announced a program for developers with plans to build homes quickly to take advantage of rezoning in key areas - if they can be approved by…
Forum: Is this new proxy farming voter fraud?
The new proxy farming, not refunding unneeded special levies, dealing with an added asbestos shed and revealing defects to potential buyers - all in this week's Forum.
Poll votes reveal two distinct faces of strata
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.
Forum: Growing pains for a strata garden
Anti-garden complaint, what happened to the Netstrata inquiry, informing owners about NCAT actions, combining strata loans and special levies.
Commission enters new era without Chandler
New NSW Building Commissioner James Sherrard takes the reins promising to continue reforms - but David Chandler doesn't get a mention.
Forum: No fire checks without smokescreens
Should the same firms that do fire checks be paid to fix the faults they discover? Plus blending levies and loans to pay for major works - all that and…
Podcast: Sins of the commission see Minns quit
In this week's podcast, we hear how frustrated just-quit Strata Commissioner John Minns is and was by the under-resourcing of his department.