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Chandler talks about older blocks – Flat Chat Wrap Podcast

2022-11-03T12:18:13+11:00

25 OCTOBER 2022 Jimmy Thomson: 'Co-podder Sue Williams and I took ourselves off to the Owners Corporation Network’s 20th anniversary event last week and it turned out to be a very revealing evening indeed. OK, the plaudits and praise were flowing faster than the free wine – and that’s saying something. I hosted and Sue delivered a fascinating speech about how the OCN was formed in the darkest days of battle [...]

Chandler talks about older blocks – Flat Chat Wrap Podcast2022-11-03T12:18:13+11:00

Developer pledges to fix defects under new NSW rules

2022-10-07T13:43:25+11:00

5 OCTOBER 2022 Developer Australia YMCI is counting on a vote by owners of defective apartments it has rectified in western Sydney to draw a line under legal action and allow it to get on with marketing the next stage of its $5 billion Ovation Quarter development. Strata owners advocacy group Owners Corporation Network said the streamlining of rectification processes would remove a lot stress. “Enforceable undertakings by the developer would [...]

Developer pledges to fix defects under new NSW rules2022-10-07T13:43:25+11:00

David Chandler Stays as Building Commissioner in a Win for Strata

2022-09-02T11:44:12+10:00

1 SEPTEMBER 2022 He has another full year (at least) to clean up property development in NSW and will then turn to recently completed blocks with serious problems. This is wider than NSW however.  "I wish we had a David Chandler in Victoria" was a recent plaintive post to the Flat Chat forum. Apartment owners in Victoria don't even have an equivalent of NSW's Owners Corporation Network to fight in their [...]

David Chandler Stays as Building Commissioner in a Win for Strata2022-09-02T11:44:12+10:00

David Chandler is Staying On And Is Just as Determined as Ever

2022-08-29T16:10:45+10:00

29 AUGUST 2022 The highly respected building commissioner in NSW is set to stay in his role for one more year after reversing his decision to quit later this year. He will now remain in his role until August 2023. Chandler’s reappointment has been welcomed by industry representatives and consumer advocates alike. On the consumer side, Karen Stiles, Executive Officer of the Owners Corporation Network of Australia, says Chandler’s decision is most [...]

David Chandler is Staying On And Is Just as Determined as Ever2022-08-29T16:10:45+10:00

‘The power players are right in your face’: How David Chandler took on Sydney’s shoddy developers

2022-08-01T15:12:14+10:00

13 JULY 2022 The state’s first Building Commissioner, David Chandler, had been looking forward to going fishing when his stint in the high-profile role was due to end this year. But once he heard some developers had already ordered the champagne for a party to celebrate his exit, he decided to stay put a bit longer, Chandler reportedly quipped to a room of property insiders a few months ago. Owners Corporation [...]

‘The power players are right in your face’: How David Chandler took on Sydney’s shoddy developers2022-08-01T15:12:14+10:00

David Chandler Resigns as NSW Building Commissioner

2022-07-27T12:49:11+10:00

The building regulation environment in NSW is in for a shake-up following the resignation of respected NSW Building Commissioner DAVID Chandler. Chandler will finish his role in November after just over three years.  No public announcement was issued. Karen Stiles, Executive Director of the Owners Corporation Network, expressed shock at the news and praised Chandler’s contribution. “It was a sad day for NSW apartment purchasers and industry alike when NSW Building Commissioner, [...]

David Chandler Resigns as NSW Building Commissioner2022-07-27T12:49:11+10:00

NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler Resigns

2022-07-26T12:22:54+10:00

25 JULY 2022 NSW’s first building commissioner, David Chandler, has quit the role three years after former Liberal premier Gladys Berejiklian appointed him to lift the standards of the state’s beleaguered construction industry. Owners Corporation Network executive officer Karen Stiles said Chandler was respected and had “led massive reforms during his tenure in an attempt to restore consumer confidence”. She said the news of his departure was “terribly sad”. “NSW had [...]

NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler Resigns2022-07-26T12:22:54+10:00

Show me your stars: Apartment buyers start pulling deposits after new rating system

2022-08-25T17:19:19+10:00

3 JULY 2022 Apartment hunters have pulled deposits and are switching to builders and developers who have earned gold star ratings on a new ratings platform, says NSW building commissioner David Chandler. Since the Independent Construction Industry Rating Tool (iCIRT) register was launched in May, including the first 19 companies rated as trustworthy, four families told Chandler they had withdrawn deposits from unrated builders and developers and taken their business to [...]

Show me your stars: Apartment buyers start pulling deposits after new rating system2022-08-25T17:19:19+10:00

Out of Court Settlement Reached Over Opal Towers

2022-05-21T16:22:12+10:00

21 May 2021 According to Karen Stiles, executive director of apartment owners peak group Owners Corporation Network, the long-running case had exposed more than the cracks in the Opal Tower. “It was really the start of the turning point where the government had to admit we had a problem with rampant building defects in residential towers and actually had to do something to address it,” she said. Read more:> HERE

Out of Court Settlement Reached Over Opal Towers2022-05-21T16:22:12+10:00
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