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Flat Chat Basics
Your chance to ask a question, answer one or express an opinion. This independent website is based on the Flat Chat column that appears every Saturday in the Domain section of the Sydney Morning Herald. Most recent postings are at the top, so to get the full story, read from the bottom up.

The Flat Chat column in the Sydney Morning Herald's Domain section receives far too many questions to answer in print. Through this website forum your questions can be answered by me, by industry experts or by other readers who've had similar issues.

A full description of how to register and post to the group can be found by clicking on on the links in the Welcome section (below). They will take you through the process of registering for the forum.

Or you could just browse the Forum and look for similar questions to yours. Either way, I hope you find at least some of the answers you are looking for.

The posts are displayed with the most recent first so if you want to read the whole thread please start at the bottom and work your way up.

This is an independently funded website - please support the strata professionals who support us by clicking on their advertisements - they may have a service that provides the answer to your problems.

Jimmy Thomson, 2012

Welcome
Everything about strata you never knew you needed to ask
Topics 19
Posts 91
Common Property
Who owns what and what can you do
Topics 401
Posts 1828
Executive Committees
Kind hearts and control freaks
Topics 251
Posts 1322
The Professionals
Strata managers, lawyers, building managers etc
Topics 180
Posts 885
Parking Peeves
One of the great strata issues - how to deal with rogue parkers
Topics 74
Posts 491
Rental rants
Tenants and landlords have their say
Topics 179
Posts 477
Another day in paradise
Odds and ends from daily strata living
Topics 120
Posts 485
By-laws and outlaws
Laws, rule, regulations ... and why people don't read them
Topics 69
Posts 344
Talkin' 'bout a renovation
All about refurbs in your unit ... or your building
Topics 59
Posts 301
Pets: Furry friends ... or fiends?
Animals in apartments and all that entails
Topics 48
Posts 267
Levies and Unit Entitlements
What you pay and why you pay it
Topics 53
Posts 260
CTTT - The Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal
Love it or loathe it, the CTTT decides what's right and who's wrong
Topics 31
Posts 156
New to strata - or just strata-curious
Questions by and advice for newcomers to the wonderful world of strata life
Topics 31
Posts 142
Neighbour noise
Are your neighbours too noisy ... or too nosy?
Topics 48
Posts 237
Hard floors and tough decisions
Stamping out the stomps and clomps
Topics 27
Posts 126
Smoke gets in your eyes
What to do about smoke from neighbours' units, balconies and common property
Topics 22
Posts 106
Buying and Selling
The biggest deal most of us will ever do
Topics 19
Posts 72
Two-unit strata
Duplexes and villas - a problem shared is a problem doubled
Topics 17
Posts 68
Dirty Linen
Drying laundry on balconies - the debate heats up
Topics 5
Posts 67
Proxies - blind faith or good sense?
How many buildings in NSW are run by a few owners with a fistful of proxies? And is it a bad thing?
Topics 10
Posts 46
Company Title
And you thought strata law was complicated ...
Topics 9
Posts 20
Is it really easy being green?
Your questions about greening your building - answered by people who know what they're talking about.
Topics 10
Posts 48
Surveys and information wanted
Every so often somebody, somewhere needs information that only strata residents can provide. If you want to contribute, or if you need help, this is the place to start.
Topics 14
Posts 38
Why I love apartment living
It's not all doom and gloom and apartment living can be great when you get it right. Can't it? Say something positive right here.
Topics 5
Posts 10
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Executive Committee Corner
A special section for Flat Chat readers who are on ECs or plan to join them

This section is primarily for those who are on Executive Committees and who want advice on how best to fulfill their obligations and responsibilities. Anyone can read the postings but we would ask individual owners or those with questions about their own properties to restrict their involvement to the Flat Chat Basics Forum

Building and maintenance
The buck stops here - you have to look after the building ... it's the law
Topics 18
Posts 87
Elections
Topics 2
Posts 10
By-laws and breaches
How to enforce your by-laws and change them if you need to
Topics 15
Posts 61
Strata managers
What strata managers do - and what you nneed them to do
Topics 5
Posts 23
Building managers
On-site or off, the people who keep things going ... or not
Topics 3
Posts 10
Budgets & Levies
Advice on how to balance your budgets and keep your levies to the minimum while maintining your sinking funds
Topics 1
Posts 4
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