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7 Tips for a Safe Holiday Season!

The holiday season is a time for celebration and relaxation, but it’s also important to stay vigilant and prepared. Here are some quick tips to keep your home and neighbourhood safe:  Neighbourhood Connection: Let your neighbours know if you’re travelling or hosting a party. Invite them to join or give a heads-up about noise.  Travel…

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Proactive vs Reactive Maintenance

As part of our service, we organise the following services:  and many more ….

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Electric Bike and Scooter Charging Safety

The rising popularity of e-bikes and e-scooters has raised concerns among strata property owners and tenants regarding the increased fire risk associated with faulty Lithium-ion batteries.   In January 2024, investigators from Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) confirmed that a fire in North Bondi resulted from a malfunctioning Lithium-ion battery. The investigation revealed that an e-bike…

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Pets in strata

New laws for pets in strata from 25 August 2021

New laws about the keeping of pets in strata schemes in NSW started on 25 August 2021. These laws recognise the changing nature of strata living and the increasing shift towards pet ownership. Under the new laws, owners corporations: can only refuse to allow an animal into the scheme if it unreasonably interferes with another…

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Building Defect Rectification

Building Defects Rectification

How To Guide Our industry partners at SCA (NSW) officially launched the ‘Strata Defects Rectification Guide’. The guide was made in collaboration with UNSW and the University of Technology Sydney . It was also supported by the building regulator and the Office of the Building Commissioner. It investigates and addresses the prevalence and occurrence of…

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6 Strategies to Juggle Work and Young Kids At Home: It’s About Flexibility and Boundaries

Author: Ruchi Shina (The Conversation) It’s hard enough juggling a job with parenthood when you’ve got young kids. But what do you do when social-distancing policies mean you’ve all been sent home? This is the reality many families now face. Schools have been shut in Britain, France, Germany, South Korea and all but five US…

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3D Printed Building

Dubai to 3D Print 25pc of Buildings by 2030

Author: Renee Mckeown (The Urban Developer) The first fully-operational 3D-printed building opened in Dubai. The labour cost of creating the office was cut in half compared to traditional building methods. The one-storey building on Sheikh Zayed Road was dwarfed by neighbouring buildings including the Burj Khalifa, officially the tallest building in the world at 163-storeys…

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