The Opal and Mascot towers are just two high-profile outcomes of long-term political neglect.
Unexplained delays by the NSW government’s property tribunal has forced a Sydney woman,her five-year-old daughter and her elderly parents to move back into a damp,mouldy apartment.
When health worker Georgia Dawson applied for permission to keep her dog in her apartment,she was stunned by the response.
Strata communities cannot understand their risk profile unless the state government and NSW Health share more information about positive cases of COVID-19.
As the lockdown enters its ninth week,The Sun-Herald has heard multiple accounts of neighbours or strata committees across Sydney writing to residents to complain about children making noise or playing on common property.
Developers and investors are testing demand for higher yielding assets across all sub sectors of the property market including strata,in the current low interest rate environment.
Melbourne’s CBD strata office deals almost doubled in the first quarter of 2021 as low interest rates pumped up interest in the boutique asset class.
Strata committees are forcing residents to carry their pets across foyers and demanding references,while emboldened owners are openly flouting by-laws banning animals in the wake of a high-profile court victory.
It's the dog fight that has captivated Sydney and this month it will command the attention of the state's peak lawmaking bodies.
Governments have never understood that private citizens cannot be given unlimited power to run their own communities.
Amid current conditions,low interest rates and reassessment of office demand has provided a solid foundation for Sydney's strata office sector.