Are we about to be rendered redundant by AI?
It started as a bit of fun - ask Artificial Intelligence a question about strata. Turns out some of these platforms are a lot smarter than you might imagine.
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Podcast: Could AI spell the end of Flat Chat?
Jimmy and Sue discuss what happens when you ask an AI chatbot a question about strata. The answers are amazing, amusing and alarming - for very different reasons.
Forum: Blast from the past takes a toilet break
A Flatchatter looking for an answer to a pressing problem uses our search function and finds a blast from the distant past which is still relevant today.
Five-fold increase in insurance costs ‘justified’
A major insurer was justified in raising strata premiums by 500% due to four-year claims history, according to finance watchdog AFCA.
Pets and fee-free rents in tenancy law reforms
The NSW government is to introduce a suite of measures to make life better for tenants, who comprise more than half of the residents of strata in the state, including…
Podcast: A simple (free) solution to strata strife
JImmy and Sue chat with Tim Sara of Strata Choice about how the strata management industry is coping with all the recent ructions and how he sees the way ahead…
Windows, sliding doors and the DBPA regs
The whole vexed question of who is responsible for windows and sliding balcony doors has been a frequent topic of discussion on this website – not least because it depends…
Forum: Changing our tune over noise complaints
Sometimes we feel like we are being led up the garden path by you lovely people, especially on the Forum. A poster in the past week was worried about neighbours’…
Podcast: The other strata trap, post Chandler
We start this week’s podcast by looking back at the previous episode which has broken all our records for regular downloads. It’s not surprising really, given that it was a chat with…
IMHO: A quick strata fix is better than no fix at all
Subscribers to the Flat Chat Newsletter get a weekly dose of my personal musings on the topics of the week, along with our round-up of recent posts, so I though…
Forum: Rules and regs of the strata game
There’s a question in the Forum this week that touches on a nerve for me – and it’s about rules and regulations for committees. Now there are plenty of those…
High-rise rescue to create 500-plus rental flats
One of Sydney’s most newsworthy apartment entities and another more notorious name have come together in an odd marriage of convenience to complete more than 500 apartments and ease the…