Balcony singer creates his own soap opera

The Podcast takes a musical twist this week when we discuss the ear-bending plight of residents of four apartment blocks in the Sydney suburb of Meadowbank who have been subject to an opera singer practising his scales for 90 minutes every Sunday. How bad can it be? The perp is clearly talented and may even think he’s doing his neighbours a favour by standing on his balcony belting out his do-re-mis, but really? Oddly enough, music-loving Jimmy thinks hitting the high notes for a non-consenting audience is a bit of a low blow while self-confessed tin-ear Sue thinks it’s all in the ear of the beholder. You can judge for yourself when we play a clip in the podcast or follow the links in the accompanying story HERE – and you can even vote on whether to call “encore” or shout “shut up!”. Also in the Wrap this week, we look at why apartment rents are rising faster than houses’. And while everyone else is focussed on the suburbs that are being pressured to allow more apartment blocks to be built, we take a swing through the councils that will be allowed to buck the trend in a review of NSW government policy. That’s all in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap. ____________________________________________________ Flat Chat is all about apartment living, especially in Australia. Find us on Facebook and Twitter and the Flat Chat website. Send comments and questions to [email protected]. Register to ask and answer questions about apartment living anonymously on the website. Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai. Find out more about Sue Williams and Jimmy Thomson on their websites.