Strata reforms back on track
The strata reform first promised for July and then delayed until later this year is back on track, according to Fair Trading sources. “We’ve managed to get draft Bills quicker…
The strata reform first promised for July and then delayed until later this year is back on track, according to Fair Trading sources. “We’ve managed to get draft Bills quicker…
QUESTION: I live in a building built in 1965. What differences are there for buildings if the strata plan had been formed under the 1973 act in terms of the…
When is a someone who’s not a resident, seeping over in strata, not a visitor? When a building’s by-laws say so, is the simple answer. “I have started a relationship…
A version of this article has also appeared on the Sydney Morning Herald’s online pages and in the print edition of Domain. QUESTION: Tenants broke a waste pipe which is…
There aren’t many privileges that come with being a member of an executive committee – unless you actually enjoy being shouted at by angry owners – but there are EC…
QUESTION: I wrote to the landlord asking to renew our lease, as the term was up in eight weeks. Instead he handed me a 30-day notice of termination of the…
When is an car abandoned? When it’s left in a unit block tenant’s space, its number plates removed? OK, but what if it is covered with a tarpaulin? The tenant…
The revolution has been postponed. The changes to strata law in NSW that were due to hit the statute books in July – meaning they should be before Parliament right…
There was a time when the management of strata was all smoke and mirrors. Strata managers, it seemed to many owners, moved in mysterious ways, their wonders to perform. And…
I was called in to the James Valentine show on 702 today to do a segment about how to find – and get – the right rental property for you.…
The following letter was sent from Regis Towers in response to a series of questions I asked about the alleged ‘scandal’ of tenants having their access keys cancelled because of…
Owners in Regis Towers, the building where beefed up security has left tenants locked out of their homes, say they were forced to take action because of prostitution, drug dealing,…