Ten-year building warranty is a strata game changer
COMMENT: A crucial element in the NSW apartment building revolution has arrived with the first of the big insurers prepared to take a punt on Chandler’s five-star reforms. As we…
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Building insurers back in the apartment game
When Building Commissioner David Chandler told us that his shake-up of new building standards in NSW would lead to a return of insurers providing cover for new apartment builds, there…
Parking mad: Visitors, intruders and land grabs
There’s a common issue that connects many of the misconceptions about strata living in one source of irritation, conflict and abuse. Misuse of visitor parking may seem trivial to many…
Two strata webinars you won’t want to miss
Strata is full of people offering advice and opinions based on nothing more than something they heard from someone who might not even live in an apartment … or even…
Myths and fears behind resistance to EV charging
Apartment block strata committees are coming up with increasingly bizarre reasons for not installing electric vehicle (EV) charging in their garages, say experts, and it’s starting to affect their ability…
Podcast: Rents rise, clubs bet the house on flats
Surprise, surprise! What started off looking like a barren day on the pod-front, right at the end of the school holidays, turned out to give us a lot to talk…
Podcast: Poor ratings – where’s the stars, Dave?
This week on the Flat Chat website we celebrate the launch of Sue’s new book about spray-on skin pioneer, Professor Fiona Wood. What’s the link with strata? Well, if there…
Three webinars – with Lawyer in the Hot Seat
Spring has sprung and as the weather warms up we are pleased to announce three new free webinars for October – including the return of “Lawyer In The Hot Seat”…
Dazed and confused by law and regs changes
Am I missing something here … apart from any ability to shrug off NSW Fair Trading’s dubious communications skills, that is? Take the announcement last week of updates to both…
No more panic evacs from crisis-hit blocks
EXCLUSIVE: The days of immediately ordering all the residents out of blocks, even where major, potentially life-threatening problems have been discovered, could be a thing of the past thanks to…
Podcast: Chandler’s rating has starring role
This week’s podcast is mostly (but not entirely) focussed on an announcement we believe is going to change the way we buy apartments in NSW and probably across Australia. Last…
How to fast-track strata conflict resolution
It is generally accepted that our states’ strata dispute systems are slow, frustrating and expensive – but isn’t there a way to provide instant answers before issues become serious problems.…