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‘Lifting the standards’: NSW government unveils reforms to construction industry

2020-10-07T16:19:44+11:00

23 OCTOBER 2019 Homeowners who buy defective apartments will have an easier path to pursue damages under the Berejiklian government's response to widespread problems in high-rise residential buildings. The long-anticipated building reforms, released on Wednesday, will also create a new registration system for the industry, while developers will be forced to comply with "declared" building designs. But the reforms will only apply to buildings yet to be constructed. The Owners Corporation [...]

‘Lifting the standards’: NSW government unveils reforms to construction industry2020-10-07T16:19:44+11:00

Territory apartment owners demand time limits on building caretaker contracts

2020-10-07T16:20:43+11:00

20 OCTOBER 2019 Laws that allow property developers to appoint their relatives to long-term building caretaker contracts should be changed to better protect unit owners in the NT, the Owners Corporation Network says. It comes after residents in a Darwin apartment complex raised concerns that a company owned by the wife of the building's developer was contracted to oversee cleaning, maintenance and repairs for $120,000 per year for 25 years. Under [...]

Territory apartment owners demand time limits on building caretaker contracts2020-10-07T16:20:43+11:00

Tenants lured with big bucks to sub-let properties on Airbnb

2020-10-07T16:21:39+11:00

15 OCTOBER 2019 The prospect of six-figure earnings is being used to lure rent-investors into sub-letting multiple residential properties through holiday letting websites like Airbnb – without owning any of the homes or even, possibly, the knowledge of the property owners. “How we make a six-figure income on Airbnb using other people’s properties… and how you can too!” announces a website featuring Nicole and Aaron Byerlee, the property power couple behind [...]

Tenants lured with big bucks to sub-let properties on Airbnb2020-10-07T16:21:39+11:00

Airbnb moguls spruik how to get around the rules

2020-10-07T16:22:42+11:00

12 OCTOBER 2019 The prospect of six-figure earnings is being used to lure tenants and investors into subletting properties via websites such as Airbnb – without owning any of the homes or, in some cases, the knowledge of the property owners. The potential profits are very real. Research into Airbnb’s online listings has uncovered several “hosts” each with hundreds of properties under their management, with even greater numbers listed on as [...]

Airbnb moguls spruik how to get around the rules2020-10-07T16:22:42+11:00

Greens say ACT government should audit privately-owned buildings for flammable cladding

2020-10-07T16:23:31+11:00

21 SEPTEMBER 2019 The ACT Greens say the government should consider auditing Canberra's apartment buildings for potentially dangerous flammable cladding. The government launched an audit of territory-owned buildings in July 2017, weeks after the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London put the global spotlight on the use of aluminum and polyethylene cladding. But the ACT government isn't inspecting privately-owned buildings, relying instead on insurance companies to pass on information about the [...]

Greens say ACT government should audit privately-owned buildings for flammable cladding2020-10-07T16:23:31+11:00

Guide to NSW Government’s Proposal for Short Term Letting in NSW Residential Strata Schemes

2020-10-06T21:59:01+11:00

04 SEPTEMBER 2019 OCN responded to the NSW Government’s draft policy on Short Term Letting Arrangements by identifying the ways in which the policy was likely to be detrimental to the best interests of permanent residents in strata communities. Among the critical flaws OCN noted was the policy would effectively enable any apartment owner to offer their dwelling as a short-term rental for up to 365 days per year, with very [...]

Guide to NSW Government’s Proposal for Short Term Letting in NSW Residential Strata Schemes2020-10-06T21:59:01+11:00

Combustible cladding will ‘test the owners corporation model’

2020-10-07T16:24:31+11:00

3 SEPTEMBER 2019 Fixing combustible cladding will require technical skills and understanding beyond some owners corporations – especially in smaller buildings – and could prompt a rethink about the best way to manage housing stock, Victoria's cladding tsar Dan O'Brien says. 40 per cent of the 406 structures deemed "high risk" to date were three storeys or below, Mr O'Brien told a property industry audience last week. The lack of sophistication of [...]

Combustible cladding will ‘test the owners corporation model’2020-10-07T16:24:31+11:00

Number of Airbnb listings in NSW could be slashed by proposed new fire safety rules, expert warns

2020-10-07T16:25:22+11:00

3 SEPTEMBER 2019 The number of properties offered on Airbnb could be slashed thanks to a NSW government proposal to impose stringent new fire safety rules on homes being let short-term. To bring their homes up to the required level, owners and lead tenants could face bills of thousands of dollars to fit integrated smoke alarms in bedrooms and corridors, as well as heat sensors in kitchens, fire extinguishers, fire blankets, [...]

Number of Airbnb listings in NSW could be slashed by proposed new fire safety rules, expert warns2020-10-07T16:25:22+11:00

Building defects cost Aussie home owners an average $6,434

2020-10-07T16:26:28+11:00

28 AUGUST 2019 Australia’s homeowners have been forced to fork out $10.5 billion in the last 10 years to address building defects, with the average apartment defect bill hitting $6,434, new research reveals. And while the average bills were less than $10,000, 4 per cent of apartment owners have had to cough up more than $50,000 to address issues. While the sum is significant, Owners Corporation Network (OCN) executive officer Karen [...]

Building defects cost Aussie home owners an average $6,4342020-10-07T16:26:28+11:00

ACT government calls for strong federal anti-phoenixing laws

2020-10-07T16:27:24+11:00

22 AUGUST 2019 The ACT government is calling for the urgent introduction of strong federal anti-phoenixing laws, arguing it cannot "adequately" punish Canberra's dodgy builders without them. But apartment owners say the territory government can do more, suggesting it could refuse to sell public land to companies with histories of poor construction work. Owners Corporation Network president Gary Petherbridge said people stung by phoenixed companies were left emotionally stressed, out of [...]

ACT government calls for strong federal anti-phoenixing laws2020-10-07T16:27:24+11:00
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