It looked a fabulous prospect:living above a five-star hotel with a rooftop pool and gym. Then things went downhill.
At first glance,it was a stunning $4 million penthouse. But when he looked into the building further,he had second thoughts.
He was thrilled to have a car that would be so much cheaper to run – but then he drove straight into a metaphorical wall.
A fraction shy of 75 per cent of the vote supported our right to put a clothes-drying rack on our balconies. That wasn’t enough. Strata law needs to change.
Millions of Australians live in apartments,but many new developments ban washing from being hung outdoors.
Australia has the highest uptake of rooftop solar in the world,but the growing number of apartment dwellers has been left behind. This is how to turn the tables.
The Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby has warned maintenance quotes are being inflated by up to 120 per cent for people in strata units amid limited oversight by committees.
Reforms of the state’s strata laws are set to address poor behaviour by managing agents as sector advocates call for the commissioner to have greater powers.
I’ve spent longer debating which frozen dumplings to buy at the supermarket than committing to a mortgage that ends two years before I’m eligible for the pension.
You think being booted from a comedy show is unfair? Strata is stopping my kid from crawling on communal grass.