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Mascot Towers owners to take legal action

2020-09-21T21:51:37+10:00

25 May 2020 Owners of Sydney's troubled Mascot Towers have voted to take legal action against the developer of a neighbouring apartment building. The 132-unit residential block was evacuated in June 2019 after cracks were found in the primary support structure and facade masonry. At an extraordinary general meeting held last week, a clear majority of Mascot Towers owners voted to begin legal proceedings against Aland, the developer of the Peak [...]

Mascot Towers owners to take legal action2020-09-21T21:51:37+10:00

Debt crisis looms for renters and landlords

2020-09-21T21:53:37+10:00

24 MAY 2020 An increasing number of renters are at risk of accruing high levels of debt to landlords if the ACT Government fails to implement a repayment framework for rental arrears, according to a parliamentary committee inquiring into the ACT Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pause on evictions is in place until 27 July and there is no framework or government-provided structure for how accrued rental debts should [...]

Debt crisis looms for renters and landlords2020-09-21T21:53:37+10:00

Debt crisis looms for renters and landlords

2020-09-07T14:46:28+10:00

24 May 2020 An increasing number of renters are at risk of accruing high levels of debt to landlords if the ACT Government fails to implement a repayment framework for rental arrears, according to a parliamentary committee inquiring into the ACT Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pause on evictions is in place until 27 July and there is no framework or government-provided structure for how accrued rental debts should [...]

Debt crisis looms for renters and landlords2020-09-07T14:46:28+10:00

Strata lawyers need to dial down the TV drama

2020-09-21T21:54:44+10:00

20 May 2020 I received an email from a long-time Flat-chatter the other day who attached a letter they had received from their strata committee’s lawyer. The letter demanded they withdraw a case at the NSW Tribunal. It was one of the most blatant examples of bullying I have ever seen (and I have seen a few). I can’t go into too much detail without identifying the combatants, but suffice to [...]

Strata lawyers need to dial down the TV drama2020-09-21T21:54:44+10:00

Key to Unwelcome ‘Guests’ & Overcrowded Flats Is At Your Fingertips

2020-09-21T21:54:52+10:00

19 May 2020 It started with a complaint from an exasperated reader who declared himself sick of all the negative Airbnb and holiday letting stories we run on Flat Chat. But it’s not that this reader was in favour of unfettered holiday lets, far from it, but that people like us were faffing around, banging on about legislation and by-laws when he felt there were much more effective ways of stopping [...]

Key to Unwelcome ‘Guests’ & Overcrowded Flats Is At Your Fingertips2020-09-21T21:54:52+10:00

Get ready for the great Airbnb rebound

2020-10-28T19:34:29+11:00

13 MAY 2020 There’s no doubt that Airbnb will make a comeback after the pandemic. So where are we at, as a nation, with holiday lets? The online holiday letting agency has apparently suffered an 85 per cent downturn in global business, knocking an estimated $30 billion off its value as it heads for a long-delayed float on the sharemarket. For those who bought or sub-let multiple properties to run them [...]

Get ready for the great Airbnb rebound2020-10-28T19:34:29+11:00

Charting a new course under lockdown in Sydney

2020-10-07T14:56:15+11:00

8 MAY 2020 New data has offered a snapshot of life in lockdown revealing what isolating Sydneysiders are doing behind closed doors. In a little over six weeks, as public health orders and restrictions have taken hold, the habits of Sydneysiders have become largely unrecognisable. Everyday activities like going to the gym, movies, after-work drinks and the footy have all disappeared. And exclusive data can reveal those pastimes have given way [...]

Charting a new course under lockdown in Sydney2020-10-07T14:56:15+11:00

Labor Update on Design & Building Practitioners Bill Progress

2020-09-19T00:31:33+10:00

07 MAY 2020 Legislation drafted by the NSW Government to improve the accountability of building industry practitioners and the quality and compliance of construction, particularly multi-residential buildings, is currently stalled. The NSW Labor Opposition is lobbying the government to finally pass its Design and Building Practitioners Bill 2019, which will see major and much-needed reforms including a requirement for engineers working on projects to be registered professionals. > Read the letter [...]

Labor Update on Design & Building Practitioners Bill Progress2020-09-19T00:31:33+10:00

Upper House report slams Government on cladding, defects and reforms

2020-09-21T21:58:54+10:00

5 May 2020 A NSW Upper House committee has slammed the NSW State government over alleged failures in three key areas all of which are directly related to apartment living. The government is accused of failing to properly address issues with flammable cladding, dragging its feet on legislation required to give Building Commissioner David Chandler the powers he needs to clean up the building industry, and leaving apartment owners in sub-standard [...]

Upper House report slams Government on cladding, defects and reforms2020-09-21T21:58:54+10:00

High-Rise Tower Catches Fire in United Arab Emirates

2020-09-21T21:55:42+10:00

5 May 2020 A high-rise tower caught fire late Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates in a city-state neighboring Dubai, a blaze that saw flames rapidly shoot up the sides of the building like other recent incidents that involved flammable cladding. The blaze at the 48-story Abbco Tower in Sharjah saw flaming debris shower neighboring dusty parking lots and left metal siding littering surrounding streets. The UAE, including skyscraper-studded Dubai, has [...]

High-Rise Tower Catches Fire in United Arab Emirates2020-09-21T21:55:42+10:00
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