Your Strata Property With Amanda Farmer
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The ultimate source of actionable tips for strata property owners with Amanda Farmer
Episódios
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421. How Michael Teys is Helping Strata Managers Find Their Courage
28/08/2024 Duração: 29minMichael Teys joins me to unpack a series of recent workplace health and safety convictions involving a Sydney strata plan. He also shares precisely where he thinks strata managers are going wrong with their push for professionalism, leaving us with yet another maxim destined to enter our podcast hall of fame: “You don’t demand respect. You earn it.”
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420. Why Natalie Fitzgerald is running for SCA(NSW) Board
21/08/2024 Duração: 26minNatalie Fitzgerald is a strata manager determined to improve the working lives of strata managers, with an understanding that change must come from within. In this chat, Natalie shares her thoughts on: - the ABC News revelations as strata's "Watergate" that had to happen, - how managers could be better served by their professional association, - why a better deal for owners starts with better service from managers, and lots more.
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419. Apply this risk-reducing strategy to your next remedial works project
14/08/2024 Duração: 24minSam Hogg of PASG Projects joins me to explain the role of a project manager, sharing his tips to help reduce the pain of your next strata remedial works project.
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418. The life-saving addition to your common property
07/08/2024 Duração: 22minA cardiac arrest is more likely to occur in a residential strata building than a fire, yet most communities are completely unprepared to respond to such an emergency. My guest this week, Kurtis Vuko, is on a mission to do something about that, bringing life-saving equipment into strata buildings across the country.
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417. Why the OCN is fed up with the strata “industry”
31/07/2024 Duração: 31minKaren Stiles, executive director of the Owners Corporation Network (OCN), joins me to share: - how strata owners are being overlooked in today's conversations about the strata industry, - the astonishing lack of consumer protections for those buying apartments, - the owners who ARE willing to pay more for good strata management, and - why Fair Trading needs to step up - including some ideas for how it might do that.
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416. How to succeed at NCAT – self represented
25/07/2024 Duração: 35minLot owner Cate Morrison is fresh from (another) win in the NSW Tribunal. She joins me for this week's podcast to share: - as a non-lawyer, how she prepares her case for the best chance of success, - her cross-examination technique, - her top tips for other strata owners and committee members self-representing in the tribunal.
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415. Cash is still legal tender in strata…isn’t it?
10/07/2024 Duração: 34minReena Van Aalst joins me to discuss: - Building Management Committees (BMCs): do owners have the right to access records of the BMC? - can an owners corporation refuse to accept cash from an owner wanting to pay their strata levies? - the benefits that a loyal referral partner can bring to your business.
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414. 3 Tips From Inside My Own Building’s Remedial Works Project
26/06/2024 Duração: 31minHaving spent many years assisting owners, committees, and my own neighbours through large strata remedial works projects, this week I'm sharing my top 3 tips to help ease the pain for anyone doing the same.
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413. Broker Bungle | Rolling Levy Motions | Transfer from Court to Tribunal
19/06/2024 Duração: 24minReena Van Aalst joins me to discuss: -why it's important to update the insurer at the conclusion of legal proceedings, -motions to keep quarterly levies rolling on at the same rate until re-determined: are they legal? -Reena's takeaways from her recent trip to Spain, and -how to transfer a case from a court to the tribunal, and why you might want to.
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412. Would you choose strata over a terrace house?
13/06/2024Strata owner and committee member Kareem Tawansi long ago made the choice to live in strata rather than a Sydney terrace house. In this chat, Kareem shares how the communities he is now part of are reaching new heights, including the recent approval of a $2.7m upgrade project.
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411. Will you wait to be forced? Dr Nicole Johnston on repairing our buildings
06/06/2024Dr Nicole Johnston joins me to share her soon-to-be-published research, confirming what many in strata have known to be true for quite some time: owners are not meeting their legal duty to properly repair and maintain their buildings, and it’s probably time for some government intervention.
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410. Termites, Security Cameras, and Tribunal Costs – Your Questions Answered
29/05/2024I’ve chosen three listener questions to answer, covering termites, security cameras and the strata manager’s authority to appear before the tribunal.
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409. Ending the Abuse of Democracy: The Barnes Case
22/05/2024 Duração: 12minBy popular demand, this is your short (12 min) summary of the Barnes case - including why the case is so important for NSW strata communities. This one delivered for you by a special guest. Tune in to find out who…
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408. Get Ready for The High Life Expo
15/05/2024 Duração: 20minAmy Brand and Julie McLean join me, sharing your access to The High Life Expo, happening online and in-person over the next month. We discuss how the apartment market is already changing when it comes to the sustainability conversation - with purchasers demanding more, and how suppliers can best harness the many new opportunities available.
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407. The Deadline Driven World of Strata Management
08/05/2024 Duração: 36minReena Van Aalst brings us a (long!) list of deadline-driven tasks that a strata manager is legally required to complete on behalf of their clients, and I ask her the question: how do you run a profitable business? I explain the limitations on spending special levy funds, and invite you to the inaugural Strata Impact Conference.
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406. 3 Steps to Radical Transparency for Strata Committees
01/05/2024 Duração: 17minI'm taking you inside part of my LIVE in-person presentation delivered for The City of Canada Bay Council earlier this year, sharing how and why our strata committees should be engaging in the practice of radical transparency (which shouldn't be that radical...)
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405. “It’s not a jam stall at a school fete” – taking strata seriously
24/04/2024 Duração: 38minBruce Minter, long-term strata committee member, joins me as we discuss the incredible resilience required to lead a strata community. Bruce explains how he helped his community shift its collective mindset and break "the curse of low levies". He shares lessons learned from the U.S. Founding Fathers, and his unique understanding that strata "is not a jam stall at a school fete. It's a business".
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404. How We Can Get Strata Management Right, Right Now
16/04/2024 Duração: 29minDaniel Holt, strata manager, joins me, calling out the 'gaslighting' that he says has been going on in the strata management industry, with the real cost of managing a strata building hidden behind sophisticated third-party payment arrangements extending beyond insurance commissions.
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403. Strata Management’s Future: Reena Weighs In
03/04/2024 Duração: 25minIn a week during which the media continues to wage war against strata managers, Reena Van Aalst joins me to provide her point of view. We discuss: - models of remuneration for strata managers, and what Reena says needs to change - the role of Strata Community Association - the murky arrangements between other strata "professionals" and service providers, overdue for investigation, and more.
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402. “Does it pass the pub test?” Tyrone Shandiman on insurance commissions and broker fees
27/03/2024 Duração: 33minRecorded before last week's ABC news story broke, in this interview Tyrone Shandiman of the Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby explains: - how a lack of informed consent around insurance broker appointments may be harming strata owners, - the commercial advantage that strata managers accepting commissions have over those who don't, - how unfair industry "standard" contracts are feeding the problem, - why we need more voices willing to speak up and share their stories, and more. If you've experienced a practice that doesn't pass the pub test, you're invited to fill in ACIL's survey here.