JC Political Thread - For All Things Political Part 2

[shane_3800]

Someone tried to say I think it was Airstrike was making up the people identifying as a cat.

 

[J_D 2.0]

The joys of buying a unit! And they wonder why most people don’t want them and will only buy a detached house.

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...f-strata-properties-shocked-by-special-levies

 

[shane_3800]

The joys of buying a unit! And they wonder why most people don’t want them and will only buy a detached house.

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...f-strata-properties-shocked-by-special-levies

You should hear the Greens here in ACT, they want everyone to live in apartments, big backyard, oh no you can't have that.

 

[AirStrike]

The joys of buying a unit! And they wonder why most people don’t want them and will only buy a detached house.

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...f-strata-properties-shocked-by-special-levies

Biggest downside of units, dealing with strata dramas. I personally wouldn't touch them.
Not sure what the solution is given we need to increase high density housing.

 

[chrisp]

Someone tried to say I think it was Airstrike was making up the people identifying as a cat.

10 seconds on Google and… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litte...21, a false,the furry or otherkin subcultures.

 

[J_D 2.0]

Biggest downside of units, dealing with strata dramas. I personally wouldn't touch them.
Not sure what the solution is given we need to increase high density housing.

Possibly tightening up strata legislation would be a good idea. I don’t know a huge amount about strata but by the sounds of the article some of the problems that owners are being asked to fork out for have been ignored for years until it gets to the point where it costs a motza to fix.

Owners should‘t really have to fork out bankrupting levels of money to fix problems that have been swept under the rug or ignored for many years.

Maybe there should be an independent inspection process that strata title buildings have to go through every year or something like that to ensure that there aren’t underlying issues that need to be resolved?

Another possible part of that might be compulsory strata insurance to cover massive bills like those described in the article.

 

[vc commodore]

You should hear the Greens here in ACT, they want everyone to live in apartments, big backyard, oh no you can't have that.

Big backyards are becoming a thing of the past in surburbia.....People are subdividing, therefore reducing yard space.

New estates being put up are also reducing the size of yards.....Know of a quite a few where my lounge room is bigger than their yards

So it's not just an ACT Greenie apartment thing....It's what is happening round surburbia

 

[chrisp]

Possibly tightening up strata legislation would be a good idea. I don’t know a huge amount about strata but by the sounds of the article some of the problems that owners are being asked to fork out for have been ignored for years until it gets to the point where it costs a motza to fix.

Owners should‘t really have to fork out bankrupting levels of money to fix problems that have been swept under the rug or ignored for many years.

Maybe there should be an independent inspection process that strata title buildings have to go through every year or something like that to ensure that there aren’t underlying issues that need to be resolved?

Another possible part of that might be compulsory strata insurance to cover massive bills like those described in the article.

Perhaps stopping the phoenixing of building companies, and some serious penalties for those who have built substandard structures might be a start?

Insurance could work, especially if the insurance company is required to cover major defeats. That way they’d want to see evidence that structure was properly designed and built in the first place before they take on the risk?

Personally, I wouldn’t be buying a strata unless I had to.

 

[shane_3800]

10 seconds on Google and… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_boxes_in_schools_hoax#:~:text=Starting in 2021, a false,the furry or otherkin subcultures.

Yea 10 seconds on google and you have a wiki entry, because we can all take wiki seriously for world affairs.

 

[AirStrike]

Perhaps stopping the phoenixing of building companies, and some serious penalties for those who have built substandard structures might be a start?

Helps with some, not all. Builders warranties don't last indefinitely and a building built to standard 20 years ago is different to today.