Lurid stories behind real ‘Only Murders’ blocks
With a second series of streaming comedy-crime-drama Only Murders in the Building underway, the true stories have emerged of the two famous – if not notorious – New York apartment…
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Podcast: Rent bidding ban and too much information
In this our last Flat Chat Wrap podcast of the year, we kick the tyres of a couple of issues that will have consequences throughout strata. Or will they? And…
TV’s Block buyers ‘could save millions on taxes’
The eventual buyers of the properties being renovated on the Nine network’s Block reality TV series could save millions of dollars in depreciation over the life of their investment. An…
LISTEN: TV dramas set in apartment blocks
There’s so much doom and gloom around strata at the moment you feel you’re missing out if your apartment block isn’t on fire, falling down or both. So we’ve decided…
Flat Chat Wrap #34 – Tall storeys: TV dramas set in apartment blocks
There’s so much doom and gloom around strata at the moment you feel you’re missing out if your apartment block isn’t on fire, falling down or both. So we’ve decided…
Quiz: Do you know your TV and movie apartments?
There’s a theory that seeing so many apartments in TV shows and movies, especially American ones, made apartment living more attractive to Australians. Maybe … maybe not. Why not have…
How your pad could star in the new series of a TV favourite
How would you like your apartment to be the star of a TV show? No, we’re not sending a bunch of Blockheads around to renovate – the second series of…
Roundup: Why I was on TV talking about … tunnels
Your favourite Flatchatter was on Studio 10 yesterday morning (August 1, some time after 9am) talking about … well, not strata issues, to be honest – that’s something for the…
Roundup: Chance to take your disputes to a TV reality show
The TV reality show Judge Judy and its imitators are based on a fairly simple premise – two parties with seemingly intractable problems face each other in front of a…