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• Strata Stress In Victoria

  Published in News on 30th of Mar 2011 by webmaster

  

  Apartment buildings in Melbourne and across Victoria may be heading for financial meltdown as unit owners face substantial increases in strata fees at the same time that it’s become harder to force defaulters to pay up...

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• Sellers' bounty from mutiny

  Published in News on 24th of Mar 2011 by Ben Crowe

  

  A decade after it was heralded as the answer to Melbourne's student accommodation shortage, investors are opting out of the flagship College Square village in Carlton.

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• Ups and downs in a new development

  Published in News on 24th of Mar 2011 by Ben Crowe

  

  It's not always smooth sailing when you're the first occupants of a new apartment block. Buying an apartment in a new building can be such an alluring prospect, with finishes that sparkle in the sunlight, a gym with state-of-the-art equipment and a kitchen with all those virgin appliances.

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• Empty promises create nightmare on Bunn Street

  Published in News on 24th of Mar 2011 by webmaster

  

  The great Australian dream has turned sour for 40 apartment owners, writes Kelsey Munro. A luxury Pyrmont apartment block has stood empty for almost two years, its residents relocated at a cost to taxpayers of $90,000 a month, while the Department of Fair Trading's home warranty insurance arm has delayed fixing defects and fire safety problems.

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• Celebs left all at sea by potty interpretation of bylaws

  Published in News on 22nd of Mar 2011 by Ben Crowe

  

  Described by one resident as "a bit like Melrose Place", the celebrity-infested Pier 6/7 apartment block at Sydney's Walsh Bay is at the centre of a new drama - and this episode stars Nicole Kidman's boat, the building bylaws and a pot plant.

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• Shush turns to shove

  Published in News on 1st of Mar 2011 by Andrew Chapman

  Inner-city residents are finding sound reasons to consider noise around their home.

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