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Peak Body warns of unintended consequences of pet ban reversal

2020-10-20T11:37:02+11:00

13 OCTOBER 2020 A legal challenge to overturn a ban on keeping pets in apartments in NSW will have unintended consequences, strata owner advocates warn. The NSW Court of Appeal ruled blanket bans on pets in apartments were unlawful. Owners Corporation Network executive officer Karen Stiles warned the ruling would have far-reaching implications. “Strata is one of the fastest growing forms of housing. “Australians don’t seem to understand that along with [...]

Peak Body warns of unintended consequences of pet ban reversal2020-10-20T11:37:02+11:00

Pets Now Allowed in Sydney Apartments

2020-10-15T20:22:04+11:00

13 OCTOBER 2020 This little doggie in the window’s big court win means pets are now allowed in Sydney apartments. Jo Cooper has won a four-and-a-half-year legal battle to keep her miniature schnauzer Angus in her Darlinghurst Horizon unit block. The pair overcame the building’s blanket pet ban after a unanimous ruling in the NSW Court of Appeal. The Court overturned blanket bans on pets being allowed in any apartment building [...]

Pets Now Allowed in Sydney Apartments2020-10-15T20:22:04+11:00

FlatChat Podcast: Olympics, Emails, Wheel Clamps

2020-10-04T22:39:18+11:00

29 SEPTEMBER 2020 Karen Stiles, Executive Officer of the Owners Corporation Network, joins Flat Chat Wrap Podcast 93 – Olympics, Emails, Wheel Clamps They discuss the push to keep apartment owners’ email addresses secret, and demands for a return of wheel clamping for rogue parkers. Karen talks to Jimmy Thomson from 12 mins 30 secs into recording. > Listen Here

FlatChat Podcast: Olympics, Emails, Wheel Clamps2020-10-04T22:39:18+11:00

A Better Deal for Strata – Consumer Protection – Building Defects update

2020-10-06T21:53:48+11:00

SEPTEMBER 2020 Building defects remain a major problem for owners of new strata dwellings and also pose high levels of risk for those purchasing apartments off the plan. This OCN policy update summarises the main regulatory changes being either proposed or enacted in NSW to address the systemic causes of building defects and improve consumer protections. It also gives a summary of OCN advocacy on the issue, and our current recommendations [...]

A Better Deal for Strata – Consumer Protection – Building Defects update2020-10-06T21:53:48+11:00

FlatChat Podcast: Crackdown on dud developers hits home

2020-10-04T22:38:28+11:00

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 Karen Stiles, Executive Officer of the Owners Corporation Network, joins Jimmy Thomson on Flat Chat Wrap Podcast 91 'First there is the redoubtable Karen Stiles who is the Executive Officer at the Owners Corporation Network (OCN) and, as such, has a seat at the table for some of the most critical discussions being made about NSW strata in decades. Karen has come on to the podcast to explain [...]

FlatChat Podcast: Crackdown on dud developers hits home2020-10-04T22:38:28+11:00

Going to the Dogs: D-Day for Strata By-Law

2020-10-21T11:10:22+11:00

OCN MEDIA RELEASE: 15 September 2020 The Owners Corporation Network (OCN) is calling on the NSW opposition and cross bench to withdraw their support for a controversial law threatening to destabilise the strata system – robbing people who live in apartments of the ability to set their own bylaws. Legislation amended by the Animal Justice Party (AJP) and set for possible debate this fortnight, will allow people to bring pets [...]

Going to the Dogs: D-Day for Strata By-Law2020-10-21T11:10:22+11:00

Barking Mad Changes to Strata By-Laws Could Spark Lord of the Flies in Apartment Buildings

2020-10-06T15:13:38+11:00

OCN MEDIA RELEASE: 13 September 2020 The comfort and safety of more than one million NSW residents in apartment buildings is at risk, with a shock amendment to legislation threatening to shake the strata system to its core. Last month a minor political party snuck an amendment through the NSW Upper House which effectively allows apartment dwellers to keep pets even if it’s against the building’s bylaws: 137B Keeping of [...]

Barking Mad Changes to Strata By-Laws Could Spark Lord of the Flies in Apartment Buildings2020-10-06T15:13:38+11:00

Making a Building “Trustworthy” And How to Deliver One

2020-10-07T04:26:11+11:00

16 AUGUST 2020 “Trustworthy buildings” are a goal the entire construction industry needs to achieve, according to NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler. There are several aspects to this, and major payoffs to be had in terms of productivity, accountability and building your own reputation. Awards, online product reviews and your own marketing might not be the best way to assure buyers you build trustworthy buildings. According to Karen Stiles, Executive Officer [...]

Making a Building “Trustworthy” And How to Deliver One2020-10-07T04:26:11+11:00

Sydney’s ‘worst’ apartment tower for defects forces industry shake-up

2020-09-07T14:32:35+10:00

17 JUNE 2020 The NSW Building Commissioner has revealed an apartment tower in western Sydney, which he says is probably the worst he's inspected, compelled him to convince the state government to give him the powers to clean up the industry. David Chandler has warned developers he will use his new powers to stop them forcing people who buy off-the-plan to settle on apartments in buildings with significant defects. With structural flaws [...]

Sydney’s ‘worst’ apartment tower for defects forces industry shake-up2020-09-07T14:32:35+10:00

NSW opens door to thousands of defect claims

2020-10-07T14:42:37+11:00

15 JUNE 2020 Thousands of apartment owners in NSW now have a way to launch claims over cladding, water proofing and fire safety defects after a new law created a duty of care for builders, consultants and developers to end users in the construction chain, even without a contractual relationship linking them. The Design & Building Practitioners Bill 2020, which came into effect last week, gives the state's apartment owners the [...]

NSW opens door to thousands of defect claims2020-10-07T14:42:37+11:00
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