Podcast: The other Minns – our strata commish
In this week’s Flat Chat Wrap we welcome freshly minted Strata Commissioner John Minns (not to be confused with NSW Premier Chris Minns) to tell us about his new role,…
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Forum: Tenant running day-care in her garage
Here’s one for the ages. We have all heard how hard it is to get childcare places and how expensive they are when you get them. So what does the…
Podcast – Greenie grass of affordable homes
We’re heading across the border to Victoria this week where the Greens are flexing their balance-of-power muscle by demanding changes to the state housing program, as detailed in this post on the…
Forum: Can you force a nasty neighbour to sell?
Somewhere back in the dim and distant past of Flat Chat we may have advised someone that if an owner refused to obey their scheme’s by-laws, they could be forced…
Podcast: Strata scandal right on our doorstep
In this week’s podcast we find ourselves victims of the kind of scams we have been warning people about for a couple of years. We are about to go to…
Forum: Strata pest may be a smart strategist
When does a determined owner who keeps applying for the same thing over and over just become a pest? An owner in one Flatchatter’s scheme keeps proposing basically the same…
Strata happiness votes are all about the holidays
We suspected we might be setting ourselves up for a bit of a let-down when we asked people to vote on what they LIKE about strata living, rather than things…
Poll: What would it take to get you to an AGM?
Are you an AGM tragic – turning up for every general meeting like a strata stalker- or would you have to be sedated and abducted by your strata committee to…
Podcast: Pet deterrents and the new Commish
There’s good news this week for those abandoned covid fur-babies and the apartment residents who’d love to offer them new homes. The highly dubious tactics clearly aimed at deterring people…
Pets and ‘forced sales’ strata laws to change
Major updates on the cards for four key areas while Property Services Commissioner to take on strata too. Pet ownership barriers, the cost of repair work, collective sales and compulsory…
Forum: TV strata report misses the point, as usual
Every time tabloid newspapers or TV magazine news show try to get into a strata issues, they invariably get it wrong. For instance, it has been alleged that residents in…
Poll: What do you like most about this strata life?
Despite all the doom and gloom, people worried about defects, buildings falling down and the trouble and strife that can come from living in apartments, there are a lot of…