One of the suggestions that I made in my overly lengthy submission to the strata law consultations was that seriously incompetent strata managers should face serious penalties, including potentially being…
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…
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…
Bathroom Chronicles, Part 10 The bath has arrived, as promised by the lovely people at Parisi. Although I admit I did have a few last-minute doubts. When the Chinese government…
Bathroom Chronicles, Part 7 We’re rapidly reaching the conclusion that cats and renovations don’t mix. After our misadventures in the hotel across the road, we thought we’d be past the…
It’s renovations all the way in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap as we chat about a Forum post asking what can be done about a disastrous and unauthorised renovation, now…
This week’s lead Forum post is a strata nightmare. It starts when a hobby renovator undertakes a major revamp of his flat, knocking down walls, adding staircases, shifting rooms, ripping…
I have to confess, I’ve never previously paid much attention to the shape of taps. But as D for Demolition Day approaches in our planned bathroom renovation, the style, function…
There have been two pieces of very rare good news for Victorian strata owners and residents, in the past week. The state government has extended the defect claims period for…
There comes a point in the life of every apartment when you have clear-cut choices – renovate your kitchen or bathrooms, or leave them exactly as they are in the…
There’s a fine array of quirks, quibbles and questionable grey areas in this weeks Forum Roundup, although the Flatchatters asking the questions might be feeling more abused than amused. Firstly,…
If you think being forced to work from home – or even just being stuck indoors with no work to go to – is bad enough, imagine how it feels…