Govt. opens website for strata law reform ideas
The latest news out of NSW Fair Trading depends very much on whether you are an optimist or a pessimist. The former will be delighted to hear that the state…
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Podcast 95: pet ban block, websites and a new book
The big strata news of this week stopped us in our tracks. The NSW Court of Appeals has overturned a decision by the strata tribunal (NCAT) which, earlier this year,…
Podcast 94: Tax shock and giving loans some credit
It’s a bit of a Budget special on Flat Chat this week, if only because we are talking about money. Specifically we are discussing the personal taxes that you probably…
Podcast: Now you can read it as well as listen
This week’s podcast is all about wheel-clamping, email privacy and the amazing legacy of the Sydney Olympics athletes’ village. But one of the biggest pieces of news this week is…
Management contracts that are 25-year shackles
Imagine you’ve interviewed for a job and the call comes: “you got the gig … we’re sending over a 25-year contract.” Twenty-five years? That’s half the length of a working…
Strata managers warn of covid complacency
Apartment residents need to stay vigilant if they don’t want to see high-rise lockdowns of the type that recently shut down nine unit blocks in Victoria, say strata managers. “We’re…
Quiz: How well do you know your strata facts?
Want to know the definition of an easy quiz question? I might leave the answer till later. Meanwhile our good friend Brent Clark, from Wattblock, the company that saves strata…
Podcast 74: Bully for you – how aggressive should strata lawyers be?
What is a strata lawyer’s job? That’s the question we ask in the Flat Chat Wrap podcast this week. Is it to find a reasonable solution, based on strata law,…
Unit blocks in bushfires – we are not immune
At the risk of appearing to jump on the bushfire bandwagon – it’s pretty hard to ignore. Homes and even lives are being lost. Whole towns are under threat but, it…
Happy new strata year – here’s our 2020 vision
We reckon this year in strata is going to be a big one across the nation. Our big campaign this year is going to be about embedded networks – where…
PODCAST 53 – a very happy, quirky Christmas
Last week’s podcast was such a gloomy affair, looking back at a pretty grim 2019, at least in strata terms, that we thought we’d lighten the mood a little by…
Say hi to our new best of frenemies
Avid readers of this website may have noticed a new ad appearing on the bottom right of your screens, for LookUpStrata, a “rival” website. This is a result of an…