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From the Forum – down in the dumps with a slack SM

  • 05/05/2020
  • Author Jimmy-T

We live in strange times indeed, and this week we received one of the longest posts to the Forum that I have ever seen. The main topic?  A strata manager…

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    Podcast 68: Six months of Sundays, classic movies, perfect pods

    • 07/04/2020
    • Author Jimmy-T

    In this week’s Flat Chat Wrap. Jimmy and Sue look at the wealth of good advice about how to get through this crisis without the whole system falling around our…

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      From the Forum: Noisy neighbours trample by-laws underfoot

      • 08/01/2020
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Noisy neighbours have been keeping the Flat Chat Forum awake for the past week. In one case it’s a couple who put down a timber floor without permission  – yes,…

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        Podcast: Everything you never knew about strata insurance

        • 02/07/2019
        • Author Jimmy-T

        One of the big questions around the recent Mascot Tower problems was why didn’t the building insurance kick in, rather than the state government having to bail the owners corporation…

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          From the Forum: Washing woes as perfumes pollute upstairs pad

          • 26/06/2019
          • Author Jimmy-T

          There are periodically so many discussions and debates about laundry on balconies that the issue has it’s own section in the Flat Chat Forum. But it’s not the sight of…

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            From the Forum: Turmoil over sneaky cake-taker

            • 13/06/2019
            • Author Jimmy-T

            It’s been a bit quiet on the Forum front, what with the long weekend and all. But the saddest story of the week is probably the smallest in terms of…

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              From the Forum: Can you be sued for what you say in a Fair Trading complaint?

              • 24/04/2019
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Can you be sued for something you said in an application to Fair Trading over a dispute in your apartment block? That’s the question a flustered Flatchatter has asked this…

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                ROUNDUP: Paint or varnish? Another strata cover-up

                • 19/03/2019
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Every so often I get the feeling that there must be a strand of DNA that makes people both nit-picking and want to live in strata. Take the post from…

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                  Roundup: When ‘privacy’ is more important than unit block fire safety

                  • 13/03/2019
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  I was gobsmacked this week to discover that Fair Trading have refused to even tell owners in the 400-plus buildings seriously affected by flammable cladding that there’s a seminar this…

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                    Roundup: Revenge as bullying by-law is bounced

                    • 06/03/2019
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    One of our long-suffering Flatchatters took her problems with her strata committee to NCAT the other week. The dispute was all about work that the owners corp should have done…

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                      NSW Labor promises strata commissioner to tackle defects

                      • 06/03/2019
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      EXCLUSIVE: By Sue Williams and Jimmy Thomson A dedicated Strata Commissioner to protect apartment owners and residents and restore confidence in the strata sector will be introduced by the Labor…

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                        Opal Tower owners don’t know how lucky they are

                        • 04/03/2019
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        The owners of apartments in the now notorious Opal Tower probably don’t realise it, but they are lucky. Obviously, it was bad luck that supporting walls in their building in…

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                          Roundup: A quick health check on the Forum

                          • 26/02/2019
                          • Author Jimmy-T

                          Does your pulse race at the thought of someone stealing your parking space?  Are you having sleepless nights, worrying about the flat next door going on Airbnb?  Have you developed…

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                            The day Airbnb came round to complain

                            • 24/02/2019
                            • Author Jimmy-T

                            About two years ago, I got a phone call from two of my editors at the Sydney Morning Herald. I should say “former editors” – none of us work there…

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                              Strata defect laws need an injection of Fair Go

                              • 16/02/2019
                              • Author Jimmy-T

                              With Sydney Olympic Park’s Opal building crumbling on one side, and buildings in Melbourne going up in flames on the other, NSW Better Regulation Minister Matt Kean had to do…

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                                Posh party animals trash Airbnb rental as holiday lets face global curbs

                                • 14/02/2019
                                • Author Jimmy-T

                                While local residents in Byron Bay have been offered the prospect of some respite from the incursion of holiday letting agencies into residential homes, it seems no one is immune…

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                                  Podcast: Parliamentary panic behind short-term letting U-turn

                                  • 13/02/2019
                                  • Author Jimmy-T

                                  This week our podcast is given over to an extended chat with NSW Independent MP for Sydney, Alex Greenwich. I’ve come across many politicians in this game. Most have been…

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                                    Gentrification sees gyms take over Kings Cross

                                    • 10/02/2019
                                    • Author Jimmy-T

                                    The gentrification of Kings Cross, the upsurge in the number of high-end apartments and the withering effect of the lock-out laws on licensed premises have combined to unexpected effect, writes Sue Williams. You…

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