OCN update for strata on Covid work rules
The Owners Corporation Network (OCN), the peak body for apartment owners and strata committees, has compiled an invaluable advisory on what NSW strata schemes and residents can and can’t do…
1000 new homes on line for Sydney’s north-west
A new mixed-use development that will provide almost 1000 new homes near the new Metro line in Sydney’s north-west has been approved by the NSW Government. Minister for Planning and…
Forum: Tribunal rules on unrelated strata donations
Here’s a Tribunal decision that’s going to cause discomfort among the more activist members of your committees – strata schemes can’t legally make donations to campaigns and appeals that don’t…
Podcast: Covid toolkit and the lure of Zoom rooms
Covid kicks off the podcast again this week, unfortunately, but with both Sydney and Melbourne shut down it’s the first thing that springs to everyone’s mind. However there are some…
Covid confusion over who can go to work in strata
It’s been another weekend of covid confusion in strata with, on the plus side, a pretty nifty toolkit for building managers and committees being issued. However, that was followed by…
Want to be an apartment lifestyle influencer?
Ever thought you’d like to have your own online magazine or website? Imagine being able to write about whatever you wanted and feature all the innovations and designs that excited…
New Covid-19 info toolkit for strata schemes
Having been perilously, some might say recklessly slow in factoring apartments into their Covid-19 thinking, NSW Government this weekend issued a “toolkit” for strata committees and managers. Presented as a…
Strata experts split over using ‘mask-up’ by-laws
It took three weeks after ordering Sydney residents to wear masks in shops and offices before NSW Health finally conceded similar orders should apply to lifts and common areas in…
Forum: Trapped in lockdown renovation Hell
Regular readers of Flat Chat may remember how last year we wrote about a Melbourne couple who were enduring the living Hell of a major renovation taking place in an…
Podcast: What mixed mask messages really mean
This week’s podcast makes a brave effort to pretend life is going on as normal … and almost pulls it off. We talk about the new DNA for apartment blocks,…
Masks can’t be a condition of entry for residents
Wearing a mask can’t be made a condition of entry to apartment blocks for residents, and signs that say it is are unenforceable, says a top strata lawyer. As of…
‘DNA’ records to keep tabs on dodgy developers
New apartment buildings in NSW – and possibly the rest of Australia – will soon have a “digital DNA” that will allow prospective purchasers, incoming owners, strata professionals and government…