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Council where Company Title was compulsory

  • 10/01/2021
  • Author Jimmy-T

You may find this hard to believe but there was a local council in Sydney which, until a couple of years ago, would not  give planning approval for two-unit strata…

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    Podcast 80 – Shape of strata blocks to come

    • 30/06/2020
    • Author Jimmy-T

    In this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast, in the run-up to the Australian architectural awards, we talk about some of the innovative apartment block designs that made it the short-list.…

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      Levies shortfall plan where everyone’s a winner

      • 05/05/2020
      • Author Jimmy-T

      There is a lot of genuine angst around about the payment of levies or, more to the point, the inability to pay them. Just to be clear, there are no…

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        PODCAST: Defect loans, Airbnb rules and sneaky sex in the spa

        • 20/08/2019
        • Author Jimmy-T

        It’s a real mixed bag in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast – finance, Airbnb and sneaky sex. Sue Williams and I start our dissection of the week’s strata news…

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          Flat Chat Wrap #37 – Defects loans, Airbnb rules and sex in the spa

          • 20/08/2019
          • Author Jimmy-T

          It’s a real mixed bag in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast – finance, Airbnb and sneaky sex. Sue Williams and I start our dissection of the week’s strata news…

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            Why low-cost defects loans are not enough

            • 20/08/2019
            • Author Jimmy-T

            Despite the first rumblings of discontent among some commentators, NSW seems likely to offer strata owners interest-free loans to rectify defects  in apartment buildings. And so they should. In fact,…

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              Lannock offer to cladding blocks as lender backs off

              • 22/05/2019
              • Author Jimmy-T

              The announcement that one of the country’s biggest non-bank mortgage lenders will refuse to finance the purchase of apartments known or suspected of having flammable cladding on or in their…

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                Loan help for schemes hit by cladding insurance hikes

                • 16/07/2018
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                A shock rise in strata insurance premiums due to risks associated with flammable cladding has left many apartment owners struggling to meet price hikes, says owners corporation finance lender Lannock…

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