Cheaper electricity for strata schemes that are pro Choice
I had no idea about this until a Flatchatter asked if it was real. It does sound too good to be true, I admit, but our major sponsors Strata Choice have found…
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Flat Chat 600 – Still crazy after all these years
Writing a new column – on the value of a good whinge, if you must know – I noticed that this would be our 600th Flat Chat. It’s true –…
Budget strata insurance now online
One of the most contentious issues in the new strata laws that came into force in NSW last year was the question of compulsory strata insurance and commissions paid by…
Roundup: Now strata residents have three amigos
Maybe it’s coincidence, maybe it’s a cunning plan, but the two MPs who had most to do with creating and establishing our new strata laws in NSW are now, after the…
Roundup: If you leave us, Mr Dominello, can we come too?
I was chatting the other day with the strata Minister Victor Dominello (his proper title is Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation). I realised afterwards that, now that he has…
Roundup: Kicking butt and taking names
It has been a gratifying week here on the Flat Chat desk with a couple of appreciative emails thanking us for our advice. We even learned a colleague had been…
Roundup: Flat out on the Forum
Well, the advent of the new strata laws did make a difference – the number of visitors to this website went up by about 10 percent in the past week.…
Strata laws need a sanity clause
Did the earth move for you on Wednesday? Or was the long-awaited arrival of a raft of new strata laws just another day at the office? To be honest, the…
New laws on strata levies and capital works
The new NSW strata legislation requires owners to ‘actively consider’ how they want their future maintenance and capital works to be funded. Flat Chat sponsors Lannock Finance explain why setting…
Roundup: Shock of the new
I hate to blow my own trumpet but I’m hearing lots of reports that people are turning up at strata committee meetings and being handed a copy of my “21…
21 strata law changes you really need to know
By Jimmy Thomson There are more than 90 changes to the strata laws that come into force in NSW on November 30. Here are the 21 that will affect you…
New hope for old strata schemes
Can we build some granny flats at the back of our apartment block? It’s a valid question from one of our Flatchatters that will become much more pertinent at the…