Barbecue smoke ban just hot air
So smoke from barbecues on high-rise balconies is about to be banned under NSW’s proposed new strata laws? What a load of baloney! The law has long forbidden people from…
So smoke from barbecues on high-rise balconies is about to be banned under NSW’s proposed new strata laws? What a load of baloney! The law has long forbidden people from…
Can your owners corporation charge you for moving in and out at weekends? That’s the question asked recently by a Sydney apartment dweller – and the answer may surprise you.…
This article first appeared in Flat Chat in Domain. Click here for links to discussions on the Flat Chat Forum You may not have noticed, but a state parliament inquiry into…
Here is a list of upcoming strata information events for apartment owners and renters. If you have an event for strata residents that you want to publicise, please email diary@flatchat.com.au.…
If you read this originally in Domain in the SMH, you can read the original post HERE. We tend to think of the worst strata misery occurring in multi-unit high…
Hey, Ma! I’m on TV! A Current Affair picked up the “10 signs you should avoid some units” story and ran with it. You can see the link here there are…
Last week I wrote about the danger signs that tell you to give a potential apartment purchase or rental a bodyswerve. More than 80,000 people read that online in Domain and it’s…
This Flat Chat column in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Domain section was based on THIS DISCUSSION on the Flat Chat Forum. We’re moving into party season, with footy finals,…
I was putting together a list for a feature on the things you should look out for when flat-hunting – the elements that should make you run a mile rather…
This originally appeared in Domain in the SMH and Financial Review. To read comments, click HERE. In strata more than anywhere else, it seems, there are certain kinds of people…
Can you get police permission to hold a noisy party in an apartment block? Let’s say you live in a unit and you like to throw the occasional big party. …
Here are a few new definitions for your strata dictionaries: Sunset clawbacks: Where a developer in a ‘hot’ market allows a project to over-run its “build-by” date, uses the sunset clause…