Flat Chat Wrap #11 – Taking your calls on (very) early morning ABC radio
JimmyT gets up at 4am to talk to ABC Radio presenter Rod Quinn (and other insomniacs) about strata living in Australia.
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Flat Chat Wrap #6 – Renovations and recalcitrant owners … with James Valentine
Permissions for minor renovations, one owner in four blocking changes and … of course … Airbnb come to the fore as Jimmy joins James Valentine on his afternoon show on…
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
Floating floors and renos
Who’s responsible when a neighbour floods your timber floor – insurers can’t agree. And then there’s the vexed question of compensation for tenants during major renovations … and more on…
Talking Kings Cross on ABC radio Breakfast
With the first section of my crime novel Perfect Criminals set in Kings Cross, Wendy Harmer and Robbie Buck asked me if the Cross was changing and if it was…
Off to Vietnam … with a confession
Does Jimmy really hate Airbnb. No, he says – in fact, he has a confession to make about his trip to Vietnam. And you can read about plans for his…
Inflammable cladding
Jimmy, James and callers discuss inflammable cladding – who pays and why it’s scarier than you thought.
StrataKops and Airbnb
You’re always hesitant in this game to claim that you have a regular slot, anywhere, doing anything. Or you should be – it’s usually a guaranteed precursor to getting…
Podcast: On air with Josh Zepps and Part 2 of the strata disaster
Every so often, I get invited on to a radio or TV show to talk about apartments. This week I’ve been on Breakfast on ABC 702 with Josh Zepps, (usually…
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.
Roundup: Radio Flat Chat – listen to it right here
It’s not exactly a media frenzy but, having been on TV last week, I was on ABC radio this week – and this time, I was talking about strata living.…
Roundup: Why I was on TV talking about … tunnels
Your favourite Flatchatter was on Studio 10 yesterday morning (August 1, some time after 9am) talking about … well, not strata issues, to be honest – that’s something for the…
Roundup: Your questions … on radio and right here
We were on radio again for the first time for a while last week and we had our usual crop of confused, angry, irritated and frustrated flat owners. One bloke…
Last word on new short-term letting laws
Actually, that heading is a bit misleading, if not wildly hopeful. The NSW government is due any day to table its response to the Coure inquiry into holiday letting, the…
Roundup: Monstered by tradies with trucks
I was in at the ABC doing my strata spot with James Valentine the other day and the question of monster trucks and the increasing squeeze in apartment block car…