Another New Year and, it seems, the same old problems out there in Strataland. But you learn something new every day. My strata building has a number of tenants and one owner-occupier who, despite warnings, frequently breach the by-laws, for instance, insisting on drying their washing on their balconies. I would like to know if [...]

I’ve been taken to task by a couple of readers who challenge two of my assertions: that short-term rentals are a bad thing; and that investor owners are generally worse for buildings that owner occupiers. They both have a point. Your lifestyle as an owner occupier is likely to be severely compromised if the apartment [...]