Forum: Back-to-school daze for Qs and As

A strange thing happens on Flat Chat around this time of year. Actually, it’s not that strange – it’s related to school holidays, and makes perfect sense.

I’m guessing our readers with families are busy getting back from their vacations, buying new stuff for the kids and generally being too hassled by real life concerns to sit down and air any grievances or ask questions on the Forum.

But that’s okay because it gives us a chance to catch up on the backlog of existing questions and answers that tend to be ignored when we roll out the new ones every week.

That said, there are new posts, including one where a Flatchatter asks who’s responsible for registering a new by-law once it has been passed, bearing in mind that this one has already been “timed out” once because no one registered it.

And while we’re on the subject, how do you calculate the voting for a by-law?  Okay, it’s 75 per cent – but of what?

Also, an owner wants to know what the process is for getting the OC to fix water pooling and flooding on their balcony.

And speaking of water problems, among the old favourites (and more recent questions) are queries about water hammer in pipes; compensation for water damage from upstairs, and whether landlord insurance covers a leaking balcony.

If that whets your appetite, you can find a stack of other existing questions and answers HERE.  There are thousands of them. It’s enough to make your eyes water.

How to ask and answer questions

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The best way may be to click on “Forum: Your Qs & A’s” on the top menu bar or on the drop-down menu (three lines) on the screen on phones and tablets, under the Strata Choice ad. Then click on the topic title that interests you, and off you go.
Alternatively, you can click on the new “Latest Qs and As” Forum button on the top right of a computer screen or the link on the “hamburger” menu on a phone.

Or look at the list of “Your latest questions and answers” under the ads on the right of the page on a computer screen. Or at the bottom, after the ads and stories, on a tablet or phone.
finally, you can go “old school” and go to the Forum Home Page and work your way through the topics there.

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