Podcast: Stuck in a lift and property soft landings
If you’ve ever wondered whether you really need to set aside funds or organise a loan for future lift repairs or replacement, try getting stuck in one for half an…
strata
Is compulsory voting the answer to strata apathy?
With allegations of ‘blind” voting exacerbated by language barriers at one blighted block in Melbourne, there have been calls for strata information and forms to be printed in the native…
Forum: Neighbour blocks approved repairs
There’s a real breakthrough on the Forum this week a complex question from Victoria has been pulled apart and answered by our new Vic correspondent (don’t worry, there’s plenty of…
Affordable housing – cost to strata committees?
One of the oft-proposed solutions to the current housing crisis is to encourage developers to build affordable and social housing as part of their strata schemes. In her first post…
Podcast: Dark days, but the Eve of Destruction?
With the media dominated by the passing last week of Barry Humphries and Fr Bob Maguire, our Artificial Intelligence first-rough transcriptions service managed to conflate our brief tributes to both…
Victoria’s voice of strata reason comes on board
Regular Flatchatters will know that in recent months we have been making an effort to cover issues in Victorian strata. However, as we often state, strata laws are very different…
Forum: Spat over rooftop spa and hot tub
Here’s a tricky one from Queensland – with a strong whiff of penthouse-envy motivating actions. The owner of the top floor apartment in his block has a spa pool and…
Seminars: Buying trust, minding your block
There are two essential seminars coming up in the next few weeks – one online, the other in real life (with added drinks and games) – so get your diaries…
Podcast: Outfoxed by proxies lost in translation
We wander down some well-trodden tracks in this week’s podcast, but there are a few twists and turns to keep you on your toes. We dissect the arguments in a…
Opinion: Why landlords switch rentals to Airbnb
A few weeks ago I wrote about how short-term holiday lets were impacting on the residential rental market. Reader Jill Saunders in Tasmania didn’t dispute that assertion, but she feels…
Forum: Whose electric cable is it anyway?
Easter is upon us and the furious deluge of questions and answers has been reduced to an irritated trickle. One reader wants to know why his strata manger has said…
Qld plans more affordable homes, less hunger
The Queensland government may not have all the answers to its housing problems, but it certainly addressed most of the questions at its recent round table on the issue. From…