Recently the Department of Fair Trading announced the mandatory 'Code of Conduct' for the short-term rental accommodation arrangements. This Code of Conduct is scheduled to commence on 18 December 2020, just in time for the Christmas/New Year festive season and school holidays. A short-term rental accommodation premises reg...

  As combustible cladding is fast becoming a major focus for multi-storied buildings in New South Wales, lot owners and owners corporations are now facing a major bill and headache to replace combustible cladding. Various local council's in New South Wales are issuing owners corporations letters expressing an intention to issue a ...

  What is Condensation and how does it form? Is Condensation considered a building defect? How to manage condensation.

We asked George Dahrie the Principal Engineer at Noviion Engineering, Here is his response: Condensation is an increasingly common issue in modern residential buildings as more insulation and glazing are incorp...

This week CoreLogic reports that 70.5% of homes listed sold as volumes increased across the capital cities. There were 1,107 capital city homes taken to auction this week, of the 841 results collected so far, 70.5% were successful results. The performance across the two largest capital cities remains mixed. While volumes remained extremely l...

  The rules that apply to the management of abandoned goods were recently updated and are now located in the Uncollected Goods Act 1995 (NSW). Goods are 'uncollected goods' if, amongst others: a landlord reasonably believes the goods have been abandoned or left behind by the tenant or an occupant of the premises after vacant p...