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Giving free legal advice to the most vulnerable

  • 22/06/2022
  • Author Jimmy-T

Here at Flat Chat we frequently recommend that cash-strapped apartment residents make use of the services provided by Marrickville Legal Centre, if they need strata law support but can’t afford…

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    Forum: Lines drawn in parking space battle

    • 21/06/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    It’s a bumper crop of Forum posts this week but I’m drawn to one that reminds me of a friend of mine – a real estate agent – who was…

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      Saving lives not levies on old balcony balustrades

      • 21/06/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      There used to be a general principle in strata that even if your old balcony balustrades weren’t up to current standards, you didn’t need to fix them unless there was…

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        Podcast: A wee cough leads to a week off

        • 21/06/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        We thought we had this covered – cobble together a best-of list of our podcasts to be posted while I was in transit from the UK and then record a…

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          Block where luxury meets affordability and need

          • 21/06/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          It’s the brave new world of affordable housing – a luxury apartment block where some people are forking out up to $2.4 million for units and others are paying just…

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            Forum: Strata manager lied about commission

            • 17/06/2022
            • Author Jimmy-T

            One of the longest-running rows in strata has been around the fact that strata managers can legally charge commission on the insurance policies they organise for strata owners. Considering strata…

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              Podcasts: Your top ten pods of the year

              • 16/06/2022
              • Author Jimmy-T

              It’s all very well to be gallivanting around the Scottish Highlands, hiking from B&B to B&B (traditional ones, not Airbnbs) but it’s not exactly conducive to recording a podcast. We…

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                Off-the-plan purchases back on the shopping list

                • 16/06/2022
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Off -the-plan apartment purchases are very much back in favour with investors, writes Sue Williams in Prestige Domain magazine. And NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler’s efforts to clean up the…

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                  Forum: Is it law that you must enforce by-laws?

                  • 09/06/2022
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  There’s a debate that is rumbling on in the Flat Chat Forum at the moment – and it’s one that raises its head from time to time without ever reaching…

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                    Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat, part 2

                    • 07/06/2022
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    Welcome to the second part of Lawyer In The Hot Seat, in which strata lawyer (and Flat Chat sponsor) David Bannerman invited us on to his webinar. This week, Jimmy…

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                      City that fell asleep wakes up to new possibilities

                      • 06/06/2022
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      Our cities effectively closed for business during Covid, but now they’ve had a shake-up and a wake-up and they are good to go, writes Sue Williams for Domain. Friday afternoon…

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                        Few positives to negative gearing for first-timers

                        • 06/06/2022
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        For all the talk of housing affordability at the recent election there was one obvious subject that barely rated a mention. But now that the dust has settled on the…

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