Flat Chat Wrap #20 – New minister, good and bad laws, and the pet loophole
JimmyT and Sue Williams ask the big questions about the new strata minister … like, who is he? Plus the best and worst of Australia’s strata laws and what makes…
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Flat Chat Wrap #12 – The ups and downs of apartment living with Sydney MP Alex Greenwich
Talking apartments, Airbnb, pets, the Opal, defects, cladding and all things apartment related with Sydney MP Alex Greenwich
Flat Chat Wrap #9 – How a pet ban led to the birth of Flat Chat
Jimmy and Sue look back at the first time they bought off the plan … and how it led to Flat Chat
Flat Chat Wrap #5 – epic parking battle, trendy pet names & Airbnb hosting
A decades-long parking battle end up in the Appeals Court, trendy pet names, how to be a better Airbnb host, garage doors and more …
The end of no-pet by-laws on ABC radio
Jimmy joins James Valentine for a chat about Tribunal decisions to rescind by-laws that ban pets … and take your calls
Flat Chat Wrap #1 – pet bans, bad by-laws, crazy neighbours and Airbnb laws
A chat about all the most interesting, strangest and most controversial items on on Flat Chat this week. In Episode 1, Jimmy discusses pet bans, undoing bad by-laws, crazy neighbours…
Dardanelle Towers – Episode 2 – Gimme Shelter
The global trade war hits Dardanelle Towers, and the committee members are looking for somewhere to hide.
Podcast: Inside a strata disaster … a pet ban backfires
I am occasionally asked how come I ever got into writing about apartment living. After all, I’m a published author, have been a reasonabIy successful TV scriptwriter and occasionally still…
The Wrap podcast: Parking, popular pet names, and Airbnb
We’re back in Australia this week, with a story about a conflict that couldn’t be more Aussie. Sue Williams takes us through her yarn about people who bought parking spots…
Jimmy and James discuss the new bans on no-pets by-laws
We’re back in the ABC studios to discuss ‘no-pet’ by-laws, among other things, and to take your calls. You can listen to the episode HERE.
Help! What do we do about our no-pets by-laws?
Reports that the NSW Tribunal has once again overturned a no-pets by-law has sent a ripple of concern through Strataland – especially among blocks that in the past decided the…
Pets and apartments – an interview
A couple of weeks ago our friends at Pet Insurance Australia sent us some questions about pet ownership in strata schemes, to form the basis for a feature they’ll be…
Revealed – the top ten most expensive dogs
Considering Flat Chat pretty much owes its existence to pets, maybe we should give them a little more space on our pages. Just to explain, we moved into a new…
Poll: What annoys you most about your neighbours?
It’s been a while since we asked Flatchatters what they think about this UnAustralian lifestyle of living on top of each other, sharing space and having to tolerate each other’s…
Roundup: Law and order – strata style
You’ve probably heard that the new strata laws will do away with the silly rule that meant, strictly speaking, you had to get a special resolution by-law to hammer a nail…
Out of luck when strata by-laws ban pets
In all the kerfuffle over the new strata regulations, pet by-laws predictably got their fair share of column inches, internet clicks and confusion. To be clear, there are two new…
Unit niggles: Five little things that drive you nuts
We all know about the big issues in apartment living – pets, parties, parking, smoking and short-stay lets. But what about those little irritations – the ones that are no…
Pet restrictions up the garden path
With slightly pet-friendlier by-laws to be included in the new strata legislation, some animal-free apartment blocks are worried that they are about to be over-run by schnoodles, spoodles and labradoodles.…