Late night noise can be frustrating and debilitating and if you’re the only one who’s being kept awake by selfish neighbours,  or others don’t realise that they don’t have to put up with their racket, your complaints may fall on deaf ears. QUESTION: I have had a problem with noisy neighbours who come home late [...]

I heard the other day that I am running a campaign against short-term rentals. Well, I wasn’t but, hey, now that you mention it, it seems like a good idea. First, let’s look at the facts.  There is a loophole in property law that can make it difficult but far from impossible to prevent short-term [...]

Because of the level of security and restricted access they often provide, modern apartment blocks are perfect lairs for drug dealers and other criminals. One recent correspondent asked what a concierge, caretaker or even a neighbour should do when police officers turn up and demand to be allowed in to get to a particular unit. [...]

Sydney MP and Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s ambitious but much-needed effort to reform strata law was launched at a well-attended meeting in Parliament House last week.  And first impression are that, however obvious the many and great flaws in the current law are, exactly how to fix them is much less clear-cut. There was so [...]

Good news on rogue parking. I’ve been talking to various people recently about this bugbear of strata living and it seems there is a simple solution, at least when it comes to neighbours with more cars than car spaces who believe they should be allowed to park their excess vehicles in visitors parking, driveways or [...]