Our friends at Bannermans Lawyers have written a brief overview of what an Owners Corporation can do when they find items dumped on Common Property. Hit this link to read more.
Our friends at Bannermans Lawyers have written a brief overview of what an Owners Corporation can do when they find items dumped on Common Property. Hit this link to read more.
A national survey on strata-titled property conducted by Griffith University (QLD) shows, perhaps unsurprising, that surveyed unit owners named building defects as their No. 1 challenge. The other mains issues identified by apartment owners included poor strata title management and low-quality executive committees of owners corporations or body corporates. We at Premium Strata can assist you with all these…
Representatives of strata managers (SCA-NSW), the Real Estate Institute, strata owners (Owners Corporation Network) and developers (Urban Taskforce and Property Council of Australia) have met with the new NSW Fair Trading Minister Victor Dominello. The proposed reforms that were originally due to come into force in July last year, have now been delayed again. It is likely…
Building owners will be familiar with the legal requirement to lodge a fire safety statement with the local council and fire brigade every year. The process usually involves a fire services contractor attending the building, inspecting and testing fire safety measures and certifying they are compliant or recommending work to make them compliant, and once…
We have written an article explaining the somewhat complex Community Title Schemes. These are typically large developments that offer a mix of strata titled apartment buildings, townhouses and shopping centres with shared promenades and parklands. Community Title Management involves the management of property within these sometimes called ‘gated estates’. This includes the management of any shared infrastructure,…
Following the recent storms and floods, Kerin Benson wrote this quick refresher for owners corporation’s and lot owners on what their respective duties are when common property is damaged. Hit this link to read the full article!
In a previous article we wrote, titled Strata Fees, Strata Levies, Management Fees. What’s the difference?, we explained that the amount you pay in strata levies are typically dependent on three factors: the location and quality of your building and the facilities offered. Levies can be kept artificially low in a number of ways. For example,…
Hit this link to a very timely article, written by Kerin Benson Lawyers, on the owners corporation’s duty to maintain and repair common property damaged by storms and wild weather. It provides you with a brief overview of the duties for both owners and the owners corporation when common property is damaged.