Apps, chats and stats drive strata revolution
Just in time for the new laws allowing online meeting and votes, Jimmy Thomson learns about a strata management revolution promised in a $16 million joint effort. Smartphone apps that transmit…
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Strata law changes date set – catch up with the chat
The new strata laws are due to come in on November 30. Well, most of them – we won’t see the developers defects bond until next July at the earliest.…
Holding out for a hero: 5 bad strata chairs
As we go to the polls to choose our national leaders, it may be a good time to consider who we elect as strata chairs. We all need a hero. Someone who…
Roundup: Would you elect either of them as your EC chair?
In Britain they get to choose between being in and out of Europe, in America they get to choose between Trump and Clinton and we get … (drum roll) Malcolm…
Double trouble in disaster duplex
Ask any strata manager what the worst job in their world is and they will tell you it’s not the massive multi-block monster with investors, owner residents and tenants, at…
Roundup: The never-ending list of strata stupidities
The thing about writing lists is that no sooner have you finished it than you want to add something else. My Flat Chat column in the Herald and AFR about…
Roundup: Good Morning, Vietnam
What has Vietnam got to do with strata in NSW? Ummm … not a lot. No … wait … the first person to buy a unit in Saigon under the new…
Strata schemes accused of using ‘slave’ cleaners
It started with a simple question to Flat Chat: Who is ultimately responsible for the cleaning contracts in apartment blocks? The answer revealed that thousands of strata schemes across…
Roundup: Nitpickers set sights on strata laws
Every so often on Flat Chat, our readers get a bit nit-picky and we don’t get so many big sexy issues like ”my neighbour’s dog ate my cat” or ”can…
Pet restrictions up the garden path
With slightly pet-friendlier by-laws to be included in the new strata legislation, some animal-free apartment blocks are worried that they are about to be over-run by schnoodles, spoodles and labradoodles.…
Free course – become a strata guru
Ever thought you could do a better job than your strata manager? One way to find out what it takes could be to take the free course Sydney TAFE is offering …
Forum faves: Cat lovers persecuted by dog owner – and the psycho next door
Aaah, the wonderful world of strata. I found some old Flat Chat columns on my computer today, going back almost 12 years , and guess what? We are still talking…