Bathroom blues swept away by sea of greens
Bathroom Chronicles, Part 12 Enough of this whingeing – we love our new bathrooms. Why the complaints? Maybe we were too close to it and saw the sausages being made,…
Bathroom Chronicles, Part 12 Enough of this whingeing – we love our new bathrooms. Why the complaints? Maybe we were too close to it and saw the sausages being made,…
So, you’re living in a block where the powers that be don’t want to spend any money on anything. Trouble is, it has lovely old iron lace balustrades on which…
There’s an old saying: “if you want to make God laugh, tell him you have a plan.” When this column appeared in the Australian Financial Review last week, it opened…
With Christmas rapidly approaching and Covid-19 closing in on us again, we thought about not doing a full podcast this week. A quick intro and replay of Jimmy’s most recent…
We should never underestimate the power of a lawyer’s letter, especially in a strata dispute. At the very least, it lets the recipients know what the law is and, importantly,…
While some strata schemes struggle to deal with the fact that their “no pets” by-laws have been rendered obsolete by the recent NSW Court of Appeal ruling, others seem to…
It’s very much a tale of two slices of strata in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast. To begin with, you can listen to two over-privileged, entitled professionals (us) whingeing…
It’s a poll that’s less reliable than the US Election result but more indicative than, say, asking people how much junk food they eat: It’s the most popular dog breed…
A free legal service set up for strata owner-residents has been overwhelmed by appeals for assistance due to covid-19 lockdowns and lay-offs. Marrickville Legal Centre (MLC) has been providing free…
First it was “embedded networks” now it’s the pre-sale of management rights – it seems there are some NSW developers who don’t miss a trick when it comes to squeezing…
Bathroom Chronicles, Part 11. Well, we’re in the home straight, so to speak. Or, to put it another way, we are no longer going round the bend. The shower screens…
There’s an element of strata living that many people find frustrating if not infuriating. It can probably be best described as a symbiotic relationship between a strata manager who wants,…