‘This is evolving quickly’:City of Sydney accelerates switch to electric vehicles

‘This is evolving quickly’:City of Sydney accelerates switch to electric vehicles

The council will install more EV charging stations and make it easier to install chargers in apartment blocks as it pushes to reach net-zero emissions by 2035.

  • byMegan Gorrey

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Room with a feud:Apartment dwellers seek to ban neighbours from smoking on balconies

Room with a feud:Apartment dwellers seek to ban neighbours from smoking on balconies

A couple who took their neighbours to a tribunal to stop them smoking on their apartment balcony say the NSW government should bring in a statewide ban.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Commissioner’s plan to purge lawyers from costly fights over dodgy buildings

Commissioner’s plan to purge lawyers from costly fights over dodgy buildings

Owners’ corporations and trustworthy developers can both report defects to David Chandler’s new team for resolution outside the courts.

  • byMichael Koziol
Strata sales hit record prices as investors dive in

Strata sales hit record prices as investors dive in

Strata office deals are setting new benchmark prices as investors opt to look for long-term capital growth in higher yielding bricks and mortar,and also benefit from an anticipated improvement in the leasing market.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
‘Not the ideal renter’:Push for pet-friendly properties
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‘Not the ideal renter’:Push for pet-friendly properties

The NSW government is considering changing residential tenancy laws to give renters greater rights to own pets,as animal welfare advocates warn the housing crisis is forcing people to surrender animals.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Crowdfunding reprieve for Earlwood pensioners facing strata bankruptcy

Crowdfunding reprieve for Earlwood pensioners facing strata bankruptcy

A community fundraising campaign has raised nearly $63,000 for an elderly couple in Sydney’s inner-west facing bankruptcy and possible homelessness over a strata debt.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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How Sydney’s big wet is seeping into our homes,old and new

How Sydney’s big wet is seeping into our homes,old and new

Already-soaked properties will be tested to their limits this week,as buildings that have never leaked start to do so. Here’s what’s in store.

  • byTawar Razaghi
‘Just like The Castle’:The apartment owners under siege in their own buildings

‘Just like The Castle’:The apartment owners under siege in their own buildings

Private companies are seeking access to apartment blocks through a legal loophole – and experts say there is little owners can do to stop them.

  • bySue Williams
After 50 years in Earlwood,‘cruel’ strata bill threatens elderly couple with homelessness

After 50 years in Earlwood,‘cruel’ strata bill threatens elderly couple with homelessness

When window upgrades were forced on the Tzavellas,the bill was almost as much as they paid for the apartment in 1972. Now the strata company is trying to force them into bankruptcy.

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

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

Apartment hunters are voting with their wallets and buying from developers with trustworthy iCIRT ratings,part of reforms aimed at restoring confidence in construction.

  • byJulie Power
Five years on,Grenfell’s shadow falls on every unsafe building

Five years on,Grenfell’s shadow falls on every unsafe building

Every home owner and tenant deserves a safe place to live,and swift action needs to be taken in order to prevent a major tragedy occurring in our own backyard.

  • byStephen Brell