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Strata data hub promises a mine of information

  • 04/03/2021
  • Author Jimmy-T

A few years and a couple of Fair Trading ministers ago, we sat down with then then incumbent Victor Dominello who outlined his dream of a data base that would…

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    Managers targeted in Vic strata law upgrade

    • 03/03/2021
    • Author Jimmy-T

    December may seem a long way off but for strata residents in Victoria, it will see a new dawn for their Owners Corporations as laws passed last month eventually come…

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      Forum: Do we have right to check child safety locks

      • 02/03/2021
      • Author Jimmy-T

      It’s already been several years since we were ordered to fit child safety locks to windows above the first floor in strata buildings. It’s an owners corp responsibility to “ensure”…

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        Podcast: Why we’re turning to ‘new terraces’

        • 02/03/2021
        • Author Jimmy-T

        What do you do when you want the shared responsibility of strata but don’t particularly want to live with people above and below you? You buy or rent a townhouse,…

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          OCN seeks views on way forward for strata

          • 02/03/2021
          • Author Jimmy-T

          The Owners Corporation Network (OCN) wants to hear your views on what the priorities should be in the ongoing review of strata laws in NSW. OCN has created a short…

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            Townhouses on the rise as unit slide continues

            • 25/02/2021
            • Author Jimmy-T

            Strata buyers are drifting away from apartments and towards townhouses in the post-Covid era, as people seek more space in which to work from home, and less close contact with…

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              Forum: Seeking speaking permission & rising damp

              • 24/02/2021
              • Author Jimmy-T

              There’s a genuine “Catch-22” hidden in one of our questions this week.  How can you ask to speak at a strata committee meeting when you aren’t allowed to speak? The…

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                Podcast: Pets (again!) with James Valentine

                • 23/02/2021
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Every so often – about once a month – I get invited on to James Valentine’s Afternoons on ABC 702. Last week the topic was pets in apartments – partly…

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                  Top dogs – the very best pooches for apartments

                  • 22/02/2021
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  Last week, on James Valentine’s afternoon show on ABC radio, I said we had an article on this website telling people what the best dogs for apartments are.  I kind…

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                    New app to handle heavy lifting in levy calculation

                    • 22/02/2021
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    Imagine taking an online tool like a mortgage calculator – one of those apps on a lot of banks’ websites that tell you that you can’t afford to buy the…

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                      Survey deadline extended to define ‘unreasonable’

                      • 22/02/2021
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      The search for the definition of “unreasonable” has prompted NSW Fair Trading, aka the department of Better Regulation, to extend the deadline for public responses to its review of strata…

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                        Pet-friendly housing helps everyone, says report

                        • 22/02/2021
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        A new report backed by six Australian universities has concluded that having pets is good for both tenants and landlords. However, even though more than 60 per cent of Australian…

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                          Reverse cycle air-con can be sustainable, after all

                          • 17/02/2021
                          • Author Jimmy-T

                          Last week, I asked how air-conditioning could be considered a “sustainable” renovation (as promoted by Fair Trading in their somewhat premature notes on minor renovations). Well, blow me down with…

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                            Forum: Ctte member gets paid for ‘strata training’

                            • 16/02/2021
                            • Author Jimmy-T

                            In these days when conspiracy theories can almost lead to the overthrow of the “greatest democracy in the world” we have to be careful not to fuel the fires of…

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                              Covid crushes city rents but boosts availability

                              • 16/02/2021
                              • Author Jimmy-T

                              “Sydney and Melbourne’s inner-city apartment glut shows no sign of easing with the clear prospect of high rental vacancies persisting into the foreseeable future,” says Dr Andrew Wilson, Chief Economist…

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                                Podcast: New pet laws and defining ‘reasonable’

                                • 16/02/2021
                                • Author Jimmy-T

                                In this week’s podcast we give the NSW Parliament’s deliberations on it’s new strata pet laws a kick along. As reported here, the Lower House has taken a good six…

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                                  Tax and planning boost for build-to-rent blocks

                                  • 12/02/2021
                                  • Author Jimmy-T

                                  The NSW government is getting behind build-to-rent housing in a big way, announcing major changes to tax and planning policies to encourage developers to build apartment blocks that will be…

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                                    Loving our pets to death with flowers and chocs

                                    • 11/02/2021
                                    • Author Jimmy-T

                                    Has your fur baby been looking under the weather since Valentines Day? Maybe you’ve been sharing the love a little too much. We have to be careful we don’t love…

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