Happy new strata year – here’s our 2020 vision
We reckon this year in strata is going to be a big one across the nation. Our big campaign this year is going to be about embedded networks – where…
Victoria
Changes bring us a baby-step closer to uniform strata laws
Changes to strata laws are on the way or being considered all over Australia and the first cab off that rank will be modifications to NSW conveyancing laws due to…
Victoria residents slam phantom funds offer for cladding fix
NSW owners of apartments in flammable cladding affected buildings may have cast envious eyes in the direction of Victoria, where the state government has promised to help pay for the…
Podcast: Why strata law changes are such a painfully long time coming
When it comes to strata law reform, it can be a long time between drinks. Victoria is just at the end of the public consultation stage of their very substantial…
Flat Chat Wrap #22 – New Vic laws, fire sprinklers, electric cars, greyhounds in flats and BBQs
There’s a revolution in strata law on the way in Victoria. Fire sprinkler systems are mandatory for mid-rise apartment blocks in NSW. And what’s the best way to charge electric…
Vic strata laws set for massive shake-up
This column has often said how wonderful it would be if all the states had similar strata laws – not just to make it easier for people moving interstate, but…
Strata lender set to finance cladding fixes
Australia’s leading strata loan company has offered to lend the money to allow every strata building in Australia to go ahead with removal and replacement of flammable cladding,m regardless of…
Airbnb laws fail as high-rise party gang riots and robs
Deep flaws in the Victorian government’s laissez faire short-term holiday letting laws were exposed at the weekend when a groups of partying teenagers ran riot in a Melbourne Airbnb rental,…
Quiz: Who are the Airbnb hosts with the most?
Airbnb could be the best thing that ever happened to you since you moved into an apartment … or it could be the worst. You could be one of those…
Airbnb: NSW backflips while Vic bends over
It was neither the best of times, nor the worst of times – that was all happening in Canberra – but the last two weeks have seen the parliaments of…
Disgust and despair as Vic Labor caves in to Airbnb
Anti short-term holiday letting community members in Victoria, furious at the Labor Government there for handing their homes over to Airbnb-style holiday rentals, have vowed to make the politicians pay…
Victorian government tweaks pro-Airbnb proposals
The Victorian government has stopped short of recommending that the state’s Owners Corporations be able to limit short-term holiday letting in apartment buildings. Instead it says the proposals for fines…