Castle owners under siege over fire safety
People love to cite the classic Australian movie The Castle whenever bureaucracy starts interfering with our rights to do what we want in our homes. But when your strata block…
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Forum: Is it easy to split our strata scheme?
Back in the bad old days of strata, developers would stack unit entitlements on to average-sized apartments, and steer them away from commercial units, like shops, and penthouses. Unit entitlements…
Double trouble as regs fail on minor renovations
When is double glazing not really double glazing? When it’s cited in NSW strata regulations. As mentioned in this week’s newsletter, and detailed on the Forum, a Flatchatter is involved…
From the Forum: $300k levy under cover of Covid
Are some strata committees taking advantage of the Covid-19 crisis to push through extreme measures while half their residents are still struggling to get their Zoom or Skype working ?…
Forum: Inundated – just like the people below balcony window washers
One should never assume anything. I had thought that with so many people working from home, the correspondence to the Forum would take off like a rocket. When it just…
From the Forum: Who pays when running repairs are left to rot?
Everybody knows that the owners corporation (body corporate) has to pay to repair and maintain common property (if you didn’t, you do now.) Oh, and by the way, YOU are…