In this week’s Flat Chat Wrap we welcome freshly minted Strata Commissioner John Minns (not to be confused with NSW Premier Chris Minns) to tell us about his new role, his challenges and hopes.

For the past two years John has been NSW Property Services Commissioner, keeping an eye on real estate agents, strata managers and building managers – and lots of ancillary professions and trades.

Now he’s taking strata under his wing in an expanded role – and it’s quite an expansion.

In today’s podcast we talk about “cradle to grave” regulations for strata schemes, training and licensing, transparency and the 139 recommendations for strata law reforms currently before parliament.

We touch on Airbnb and unlicensed operators, embedded networks  and initial AGMs.  John even listens to Jimmy’s “out there“ idea for fast-track dispute resolution and how it could be turned into a TV show combining the appeal of  Judge Judy with The Block.

It’s a longer-than-usual episode of the podcast, and the Zoom audio quality is not perfect, but it makes fascinating listening, hearing what John’s priorities are and the challenges he faces.

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Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai; Transcription tidied up and sensified by Raphie.
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