Following the extended discussions on the validity of by-laws that set out to restrict short-stay letting by invoking the residential-only status of some apartment buildings, we contacted fair Trading to…
Six strata law experts give their take on whether we can create by-laws enforcing our residential-only zoning. My story in the Sydney Morning Herald at the weekend about Fair Trading…
The delayed 2 percent defects bond maybe not such a good idea after all, says Lannock Finance boss Paul Morton The NSW Government’s deferral of the 2 per cent strata defects…
AS we have said many times in the past, there is a great big hole in the otherwise comprehensive advice offered by Fair Trading to strata residents. We have all…
How do you stop a loud-mouthed bully from dominating a strata committee? You know the type; they assume their way is the only way and shout and scream like a…
You can’t expect people to play by the rules if they don’t know what the rules are. So we have devised a code of conduct for anyone that might want…
We all know someone who lives in strata and who is wrestling with some issue or another. And the chances are that, like the good friend that you are, you…
The secret to successfully running a strata scheme is remarkably simple – just know everything that’s going on, all the time. Of course, anyone who has ever been involved in…
Actually, that heading is a bit misleading, if not wildly hopeful. The NSW government is due any day to table its response to the Coure inquiry into holiday letting, the…
Remember the rogue developer who is basically making up the rules as he goes? Apparently this chump has now sold enough units to trigger the first AGM but thinks he…
A NSW Owners Corporation has been forced to meet its common property obligations, after a four year battle with one of the property owners over a sliding door and an…
“How often in any politician’s career does he or she get to effect tangible and significant social change?” That was what Planning Minister Anthony Roberts asked me back in 2013…