Strata
'I felt violated': Virus vigilantes record and dob in neighbours over rules
Anger, resentment and shame are tearing apart communities apart as residents call the police on each other.
- by Michael Koziol and Andrew Taylor
Latest
WA residential property
Claremont neighbours' noisy flooring fight ends in $12,000 fine
A bitter saga over noise in a Claremont unit has ended in the Supreme Court of Western Australia ordering the offending property owner to pay a hefty fine.
- by Emma Young
Commercial real estate
Patience pays dividends for developer V-Leader
V-Leader group and Melbourne criminal lawyer Michael Gleeson have finally sealed a deal that will see them both get ahead in different ways.
- by Simon Johanson
Opinion
Perth
Car park calamity shows wheel clamping has no place in WA
WA is one of the few Australian states still allowing the practice of wheel clamping.
- by Oliver Peterson
Opinion
City life
Strata rules need to catch up with kids in pools
Banning kids from a strata building pool would seem to be a cut-and-dried case of age discrimination - but legally there's not much that can be done about it.
- by Dr Cathy Sherry
Commercial real estate
Office strata deals are the hot ticket in town
Office strata assets are moving back into the spotlight as investors prefer to buy rather than pay high city rents.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Planning and development
New strata law lets Perth’s ugliest apartment blocks in for facelifts
One grumpy neighbour can no longer stop apartment owners installing solar panels, and that's not the only positive change being made for apartment dwellers.
- by Emma Young
Law
Dog gone: SAT orders Kelmscott couple to remove family pet
The SAT's ability to enforce strata laws was demonstrated last week.
- by Hamish Hastie
WA
Changes to 'boot-a-granny' strata laws mooted by parliamentary committee
Laws which would allow developers to boot out strata owners against their will might be changed to include an independent advocate in the process.
- by Nathan Hondros
Commercial property finance
Chris Lock catches Quicksilver on surf coast
Healthscope has listed Cotham Private Hospital for sale and Chris Lock has acquired the Quiksilver headquarters in Torquay.
- by Nicole Lindsay
WA
Parliament pauses on 'boot-a-granny' laws to examine rights violations
Parliament will delay a controversial change to strata laws to examine the extent to which they violate the rights of property owners.
- by Nathan Hondros