There’s a little bit of everything in this week’s podcast. We start with a story about how people who either ignore or don't know by-laws and regulations (not to mention common sense and personal responsibility), can get their come-uppance.And then we slide into the second part of the Lawyer in the Hot Seat webinar with David Bannerman.But first we bring you the story of a person who really should have known better, who laid down a timber floor which, in its design, could not have been noisier if it had drums and cymbals attached.Complaints from the downstairs about night time crashings and bashing were dismissed or, at the very least, downplayed by the committee.But then something happened that will bring a smile to the face of anyone who has ever had to deal with a noisy and inconsiderate neighbour and a committee reluctant to get involved.Then we hear part two of Lawyer in the Hot Seat where David Bannerman answers our questions about everything from defect claims to the appointment of compulsory strata managers.TRANSCRIPT IN FULLNB: The timings on these transcriptions do not match the exact timings on the podcast audio as the Lawyer in the Hotseat section comes from a different recording.Jimmy 00:00We’ve got a bit of a lighter load today, Sue.SueOh, yeah?JimmyWe're going to be listening to the second part of the David Bannerman Lawyer In The Hot Seat webinar, the thing we recorded a couple of weeks ago. And before that, we've got a really interesting story about somebody who has been caught having put down an illegal floor.Sue 00:22Yeah, that's a cracker. That one.Jimmy 00:25Yeah, well, you know, the people think they can just do what they want and get away with it. But sooner or later, they get caught out. So that'll be fun.I'm Jimmy Thomson, I write the Flat Chat column for the Australian Financial Review.Sue 00:37And I'm Sue Williams and I write about property for Domain.Jimmy 00:41And this is the Flat Chat Wrap.[MUSIC]JimmyOkay, well, we're not going to name names here, because this happens to be one of the more litigious buildings in Sydney, let's just say. So the story is, first of all, background, a resident and owner in this building has been complaining for years about noise from her upstairs, thumping and banging all night, okay. Yep. And not being taken seriously by her building committee after a while.Sue 01:27Oh, that's really hard, isn't it? Because you do get people complain a lot. And sometimes, other people start kind of getting complaint blindness and start thinking, well, maybe they're imagining it, or maybe they're oversensitive, or that kind of thing. Really.Jimmy 01:38Yeah. I mean, that's a problem. You know, you do get people who complain a lot about not very much. But you also get people who complain a lot because they've got a lot to complain. So this person had been complaining about the person upstairs crashing and banging around and what seemed, she said was totally unreasonable. And then the person upstairs did a renovation. This is more recently.So this person had bought into the apartment block, years ago, done a big renovation, the person we know had moved in underneath and discovered all his crashing and banging. And y
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Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai.
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