Podcast: Balcony singer in strata soap opera
The Podcast takes a musical twist this week when we discuss the ear-bending plight of residents of four apartment blocks in Eastwood who have been subjected to – or privileged…
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Unit starts soar while house building slumps
Apartment building is booming with higher-density building starts up by almost 45 per cent in the first quarter of this year, at the same time as free-standing home builds are…
Here comes the new wave of student over-crowding
The news that the Chinese government has decreed that students must have in-person tutoring for their degrees to be recognised means approximately 40,000 of them will soon be flooding back…
Sea-change block blitz as commissioner heads north
Sea-changing apartment buyers tempted out of Sydney by the charms of NSW’s north coast – or driven out by fears of future lockdowns – may feel slightly more secure this…
Sustainable unit block sold for Airbnb hotel
An award-winning sustainable apartment block has just been sold in its entirety to an investor … who plans to use it for Airbnb holiday lets. According to a story on…
Unit blocks in bushfires – we are not immune
At the risk of appearing to jump on the bushfire bandwagon – it’s pretty hard to ignore. Homes and even lives are being lost. Whole towns are under threat but, it…