Listen "Defects, solar snub and commissions"
Episode Synopsis
There's a lot going on in the strata sphere this week, starting with the Sydney Morning Herald's big expose on building defects.It's well worth reading but it's funny how every time a new reporter writes about this stuff, it's treated as if it's just been discovered.Speaking as people who have been on this beat for two decades, we are just glad that the issues are being aired again.Meanwhile strata managers nationally want to know why apartment buildings have been excluded from the multi-billion-dollar boost for solar panel battery storage. By the way, in the podcast we erroneously referred to solar panels, not batteries, as a sharp-eared listener has pointed out. And we dig into the three-way fight over commission payments between owners (in the shape of the Owners Corporation Network) plus the Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby (ACIL), strata managers, and strata insurers. That's all in this week's Flat Chat Wrap.____________________________________________________Flat Chat is all about apartment living, especially in Australia.Find us on Facebook and Twitter and the Flat Chat website.Send comments and questions to [email protected] to ask and answer questions about apartment living anonymously on the website.Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai.Find out more about Sue Williams and Jimmy Thomson on their websites.
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