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Episodes
371 episodes
Pumping irony - Airbnb on defensive, pro gym offensive
There are so many issues it strata that are “he said, she said” - or “they said, they said”, to put it in a more contemporary context – that the temptation to not take sides is sometimes overwhelming.But consider the plight of an o...
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Season 7
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Episode 41
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28:14
Buyers locked out of flawed strata gem
There’s a lot of anger and frustration behind this week’s edition of the Flat Chat Wrap.The fury on display on a recent episode of
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Season 7
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Episode 40
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30:42
Scary smart: Could AI kill Flat Chat?
When it comes to getting your attention, there’s nothing quite like being warned that the latest innovation could put you out of business.Okay, we’ve heard it all before, but imagine if a friend was able to access a reliable response to ...
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Season 7
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Episode 39
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20:01
Conflabs not conflict the answer says top SM
It’s been a tough few months for strata managers, especially the good ones – and there are many of them – who have been trying to do the best they can for their customers while the industry as a whole has been exposed to strident and mostly val...
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Season 7
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Episode 38
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30:41
Another strata trap sprung - dealing with defects
We start this week’s podcast by looking back at the previous episode which has broken all our records for regular downloads.It’s not surprising really, given that it was a ch...
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Season 7
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Episode 37
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30:27
Behind the scenes with the Strata Trap reporter
We’re rolling the Wrap out a little early this week because it’s connected to the hottest topic in strata right now.Linton Besser, the reporter who brought you the Four Corners report
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Season 7
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Episode 36
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28:37
Are your appliances giving your kids asthma?
Are your cooking and heating appliances giving your kids asthma? This week in the Flat Chat Wrap, Sue talks about a story she’s been chasing where families have found that switching from gas to electricity for their heating and cooking applianc...
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Season 7
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Episode 35
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24:09
Sins of commissioner - or just bad timing?
There’s been considerable speculation about NSW Strata Commissioner John Minns this week after the revelation on an ABC news report that he has retained a significant holding in a...
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Season 7
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Episode 34
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28:12
Company title chaos and strata commish game-changer
In this week’s podcast, we look at why a problem in a company title block .would have been much easier to resolve had the apartment been in a strata building.The story in the
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Season 7
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Episode 33
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24:53
Sound and fury at soft response to strata scandal
So the NSW Fair Trading Minister has revealed his law changes in the wake of the Netstrata scandal and they are, as one strata insider put it, like being slapped on the wr...
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Season 7
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Episode 32
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24:19
Future looks bright but present is tense
Having been to more conferences that they’ve had Ubereats deliveries – and with drawers full of lanyards to prove it – Jimmy and Sue headed off to the Gold Coast last week to the Strata Impact conference full of hope that this wouldn’t either b...
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Season 7
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Episode 31
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25:57
Renters boost and $235k safety alarm
Three serious stories straight off the website have caught our attention this week – but there’s a bit of fun too.The first two reports are changes planned in NSW laws to make life more secure and a bit easier for renters.Premier ...
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Season 7
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Episode 30
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27:27
Struck off and probed in the naughty corner
Oh, dear. Not another swipe at strata managers, please! Yes, OK, it’s a well-trodden path but, to be fair, the baddies have made themselves easy targets for the past few months.As for the goodies, we’d say, as we often do, that they are ...
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Season 7
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Episode 29
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21:15
Chandler's challenge, crowd-funding property buys and forum funnies
In this week’s podcast we look at NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler and how he’s ramping up his efforts to get his message across before he retires next month.And that message is, basically, if you are buying off the plan right no...
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Season 7
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Episode 28
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26:24
SM crackdown and luxury threat to low-cost homes
It’s a bit of a catch-up in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap and a look to the immediate future, too.We’ll be getting abreast of the news that NSW is planning to tighten regulations on strata managers in the state – a move that was announced a...
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Season 7
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Episode 27
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29:10
Strata lawyer answers your questions
In this week’s podcast we ask leading strata lawyer David Sachs to run the rule over some of the questions in our Forum.For instance, can the owners corporation charge Airbnb hosts the difference if insurers increase premiums because the...
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Season 7
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Episode 26
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33:54
Chandler chats: five years of the good fight
This week on the Flat Chat Wrap we get a glimpse behind the scenes as NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler is a guest at a “town hall” meeting for members of his team.In it David outlines some of the Building Commission’s achievement...
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Season 7
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Episode 25
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26:40
Tax cheat landlords, 'CSI Strata' spies, and recording meetings
The tax office is coming after double-dipping landlords who claim all sorts of things they shouldn't, or just claim for stuff the wrong way.And what about levies? It turns out some are t...
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Season 7
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Episode 24
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19:09
Cheap shots and gentrification Vs affordability
A slightly shorter but more pointed podcast this week as Sue reports on plans to demo...
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Season 7
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Episode 23
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21:37
Nimby dog whistles, company title and micro apartments
This week we take a swing at polarising polititicians who are hoping to fire up the Nimbys against medium-density housing.They know it's what the state needs, they know it will help resolve the housing crisis, they don't have a viable solut...
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Season 7
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Episode 22
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25:02
Balcony singer creates his own soap opera
The Podcast takes a musical twist this week when we discuss the ear-bending plight of residents of four apartment blocks in the Sydney suburb of Meadowbank who have been subject to an opera singer practising his scales for 90 minutes every Sund...
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Season 7
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Episode 21
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25:59
Best and worst embedded networks... with bees
This week’s podcast is mostly devoted to embedded networks, what they are, why they can be good or bad, and what you can do to make them work for your strata scheme. To that end, we chat to Joseph Arena of Embedded Networks Arena,&n...
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Season 7
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Episode 20
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27:36
Challenges and changes as Chandler checks out
The only story in strata in the past week has been the decision by Building Commissioner David Chandler to hang up his hard hat and retire in August. So we thought the time was right to look at what he has achieved, the challenge...
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Season 7
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Episode 19
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28:05
Hot seat 2: By-laws, bathrooms and ebikes (really!)
This second part of Lawyer In The Hotseat opens with an apology for promising a discussion on ebikes in last week's podcast, forgetting that it's actually in this, the second part (promise).Otherwise our discussion with strata lawyer David ...
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Season 7
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Episode 18
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27:58
Hot Seat pt 1 - Strata rolls and new laws
As promised, this is the first part of the recording where JimmyT fires questions at leading strata lawyer David Bannerman.Topics include:Does your strata manager have to give you access to the strata roll (including other owner...
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Season 7
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Episode 17
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24:58