It’s now easier for rental tenants in Victoria to have pets
It’s now much easier for rental tenants in Victoria to have pets with new laws that let renters keep a pet in their rental property if they have written consent
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New Embedded Network pricing regulations coming
Got an embedded network in your building? Having implemented a default offer for residential electricity, The Essential Services Commission is looking to set a maximum price for embedded networks and wants to hear from you.
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Welcome to Roost news
Welcome to our new News section where we’ll post Roost news as well as share useful insights and features relating to strata property and living from our network of partners.
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Common Apartment Building defects
In 2019 there were a few useful industry reports covering common defects in strata property. This can help prospective buyers focus on likely trouble spots as part of their research before they purchase an apartment.
How to be a perfect strata resident
Some hints and tips from Melbourne Building Management designed to help you be the best strata resident you can be to maximise your happiness and satisfaction with your stay.
How to deal with noise complaints
Stephen Raff from Ace Body Corporate takes a look at noise complaints in strata building and explain some of the options available to owner occupiers and tenants.
Why Bother Joining Your Strata Committee?
As representatives of strata property owners, committees perform a unique and crucial role in ensuring the smooth management and planning of a strata plan, often supported by a owners corporation (or strata) manager. So what do they do why should you get involved?
All you need to know about buying a unit
If you’re thinking about taking the plunge in the apartment market but are worried about whether to buy old or new, building quality, cladding, strata or owner corporation fees and even ending up in a block full of Airbnb rentals, what should you look for?
Forensic research to avoid a high-rise lemon
While policy wonks wrestle over which building regulations to devise and how to enforce them, what can property buyers do to make sure they aren’t purchasing a problem that’s waiting to happen?
