Minister moves to curb forced sales fears
Apartment owners forced to sell their units under new strata laws could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in a controversial West Connex style value gap, it has been claimed.…
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New laws – new seminar
With the new strata laws just over the horizon, a number of strata professionals and community groups are organizing information events. The next Uber off the rank is an Owners…
How to beat strata bullies
We know all about school bullies, workplace bullies and cyberbullies, but what about StrataBullies making residents’ lives miserable in apartments blocks. They could be rogue owners determined to have their…
Roundup: Let’s hear it for strata’s unsung heroes
I was on the radio the other day and got a couple of calls from, let’s call them mature ladies, who live in small unit blocks and who have been…
Smart green strata schemes save thousands in levies
Apartment owners in 20 blocks in Sydney are being offered the chance to save an average of $25,000 a year on their annual levies … and tackle global warming at…
Bye-bye to bad old by-laws?
Tucked away in a corner of the new strata laws is a smart-thinking provision that threatens to be a complete waste of time. Quite simply, it says all owners corporations…
Roundup: Bullies in the block
One of the fundamental problems with living in strata is the fact that we can’t get away from our neighbours and if they decide to make our lives more difficult,…
Roundup: Different strokes for strata folks
It’s been a big week here in StrataLand, with the release of the regulations to go along with the new NSW strata laws that are due to come in on November 30…
Strata regs: The legals have landed
The new strata regulations are with us and it is interesting to see what kind of flesh they have put on the bones of the impending strata law reforms. Regulations are…
Roundup: Fear and loathing on the Forum
The Forum has been busy this week with a variety of questions: straight, curly and occasionally just a little bit crazy. What do you do when your committee ignores an…
Don’t panic: strata changes explained
Confused about the new legislation? Scared, even? Why wouldn’t you be – there are 90 different changes to NSW strata laws, plus all the regulations on top of that, ranging from…
Will Victoria’s pro-Airbnb ruling affect NSW
Last Friday, the Victorian Supreme court ruled that owners corporations in that state did not have the right to ban short-stay lets, which is a major blow to any unit…