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Making residential living a council election priority
The City of Melbourne elections are fast approaching but how prominent is residential living in candidate priorities?
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Do COVID-19 clouds have a silver or red lining for vertical villages?
During the past four months Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) has registered nearly 26,000 reduced rent agreements.
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Finally, vertical villages are on government’s radar – but is the focus right?
Mention was made in last month’s column of a COVID-19 silver lining, especially that high-rise living was being recognised as a distinct and increasingly mainstream way of living.
Read MoreComing out of COVID-19 with a silver lining
With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions there may be a greater recognition of vertical living challenges!
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A concierge’s perspective on vertical living
Many vertical villages count their concierge as among their most valued feature, but how do these “keepers of the keys” view our vertical lifestyle?
Read MoreOC support in a time of COVID-19 - a tale of two cities …
Wuhan, London and New York – these are among the cities hardest hit by COVID-19 – and all feature high-rise living.
Read MoreA chair’s perspective of vertical living in COVID-19 times
The advice is to self-isolate and, if necessary, quarantine at home – but what if home is shared with several hundred others in a vertical village?
Read MoreVertical villages - an owners’ corporation manager’s view
Our vertical villages employ a host of workers – concierges, window washers, gardeners – but when it comes to the owners’ corporation (OC) manager, some of us are less clear about their role, often asking “what’s the difference between an OC manager and a building manager?”
Read MoreVertical living views – an agent’s perspective
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for” - John Lubbock.
Read MoreVertical dwelling is now mainstream
In Australia, the past three years have seen high-rise residential apartments (ie builds greater than nine stories) comprise 32 per cent of all new dwellings.
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Old School Fun at Bartronica
Feeling a bit introspective
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