Is your block’s disaster planning a … disaster?
Would you know what to do if there was a 72-hour power outage in your apartment building? What about the people who simply can’t climb up and down multiple flights…
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Survey’s $50 gift card chance – be in it to win it
Here in strata we are always complaining that no one listens to us owners and residents – so it’s gratifying that responses have been flowing in for our strata management…
Tell us what you think and (maybe) win a $50 gift card
Do you live in a strata block that runs like a well-oiled machine, with no hassles and little strife, and wonder what exactly you pay your strata manager for? Alternatively,…
Buying property ‘blind’ likelier than picking a pet
We are more likely to purchase a property sight-unseen than we are to choose a rental or a pet, car or boat, according to a new survey of more than…
OCN seeks views on way forward for strata
The Owners Corporation Network (OCN) wants to hear your views on what the priorities should be in the ongoing review of strata laws in NSW. OCN has created a short…
Survey deadline extended to define ‘unreasonable’
The search for the definition of “unreasonable” has prompted NSW Fair Trading, aka the department of Better Regulation, to extend the deadline for public responses to its review of strata…
Survey aims to challenge suspect Qld strata laws
Before the state elections in Queensland last year, the state’s Deputy Premier Steven Miles invited the Unit Owners Association of Queensland (UOAQ) Committee to contribute to a legislation review regarding…
Law change survey leads to our strata manifesto
This week, I slipped down the ultimate strata rabbit hole – NSW Fair Trading’s consultation questionnaire in which they invite us to tell them how we think strata laws could…
Score $20 for taking part in a social media survey
Are you a member of a tight and lively social group in your apartment block or are you a lone wolf, happy to keep interactions with your neighbours to a…
What’s stopping your block from being greener?
Living as I do in a building that won an international architectural award for sustainability features in its design – many of which never made it off the drawing board…
New apartments: How to select your defects detectives
Between flammable panel-clad high-rises, and crumbling apartment blocks, surveyors and certifiers have had a rough trot in the media in recent months. But if you are in a brand new…
Airbnb furious as tenants claim survey was misconstrued
by Jimmy Thomson and Sue Williams The influential tenants’ group behind a study frequently used by Airbnb to justify the spread of short-term holiday letting in NSW says its research has been misconstrued by the…