This week’s podcast has placed a ban on the C-word … no, not that one, the other one that’s filling our news bulletins on radio and TV and clogging up our newspapers and online reports.Instead, we start off talking about pets and renters, courtesy of a guest spot Jimmy did on James Valentine’s Afternoons on ABC radio.We’ve snipped out his listeners’ contributions but we’ve left in the insights from Tenants-NSW CEO Leo Patterson Ross about what happens to pet-owning renters who have to move house when a lot of landlords are still saying “no pets”.You can here the piece in full here, with listeners' calls, from the ABC Radio website (go to the one-hour mark if you only want to listen to that segment). And you can get your own advice from the Tenants Union here (it will automatically connect you with the right website for your state). LISTEN HEREBy the way, if you are a landlord rather than a tenant, that website will give you all the information you need about your rights and responsibilities, so it’s a good one to bookmark for the future.Also in the podcast, we discuss a worrying trend towards unhappy owners trying to sack their strata committees and why, even when they’re successful, it doesn’t always work out the way they had hoped.And finally, we look at fluctuating apartment prices and where the “sweet spot” may be for those brave enough to take an investment plunge right now.TRANSCRIPT IN FULLJimmy 00:00We have a challenge.Sue 00:02Oh, what's that?Jimmy 00:03We have to try and get through a whole podcast without saying the C word. Oh, I mean the other C word. The new C word.Sue 00:14Oh, that's a good challenge to have, because I'm really...Jimmy 00:17Sick of it.Sue 00:18Yes, exactly.Jimmy 00:19Alright. We've done all we can to help people.Sue 00:22Yep.Jimmy 00:23It's up to them now; we're moving on. We're going to be listening in to a session I did on the James Valentine show on ABC Radio last week, when we were talking about pets and tenants. We are going to be talking about sacking your strata committee and replacing them with a compulsory manager. And, we're going to be talking about apartment prices and what is going on there. I'm Jimmy Thomson, I write the Flat Chat column for the Australian Financial Review.Sue 00:55And I'm Sue Williams and I write about property for Domain.Jimmy 00:58And this is the Flat Chat Wrap.[MUSIC]Sue 01:14I understand you were on James Valentine last week, Jimmy? What were you talking about?Jimmy 01:18We were talking about pets and tenants and the problems that tenants have when they've got a pet and they're trying to find somewhere else to live. And also on the show, was Leo Patterson Ross from the Tenant's Union.Sue 01:33Oh, great!Jimmy 01:33So, we covered quite a lot of ground and this is how it went out on air.James 01:39Your'e on ABC Radio, in Sydney and Newcastle this afternoon. There was the sad story on ABC News last week, about the difficulty that many renters have, trying to find accommodation, when they have a pet; when they've got the dog, got the cat. Many landlords say "nope, you can't come in." This is relevant and increasingly relevant, because more and more people have dogs and companion anima
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Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai.
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