Recent changes have been made to cash DEFT payments made at Australia Post. Do these changes affect me? These changes will impact you if you pay your rent, strata levies, insurance premiums or other DEFT bills via cash at Australia Post. What alternate payment options are there? The payment methods available are determined by your…
Question: My lot has a huge disabled parking spot for my adaptable unit. It’s big enough for 2 small cars. Is there a regulation or law that restricts me from parking 2 cars in this space? My lot has a huge disabled parking spot for my adaptable unit. It’s big enough to park 2…
Question: Without a specific bylaw referring to this, can an Owners Corporation or the Strata Committee insist that a Real Estate Office erect their signs only on a Particular Area of the Common Property? We have one owner in our small I live in a block of 12 units in Sydney NSW. We do not…
CHANGES TO THE KEEPING OF PETS WITHIN YOUR LOT Hi Members, Our pets are our family! Having survived 2 years of Covid-19 and lockdowns our pets have been by our side through it all. They have kept us company working from home, been a constant for the kids through homeschooling and kept us active on local…
Question: Does all correspondence received by the committee ‘in and out’ have to be read at the general meetings? It seems that, in our complex, the owners corporation committee only reads out selected letters. Answer: Usually, only selected letters are read. That is the role of the Secretary of the Owners Corporation. There is…
The Strata Schemes Management Amendment (Information) Regulation, 2021 (NSW) commences on 30th June 2022. Owners Corporations will have to provide information annually to Fair Trading in the approved form: for the first time— if the first annual general meeting of the owners corporation is held on or before 30 June 2022—by 30 September 2022, or…
Question: A lot owner in our small block has consistently been in arrears with levies. Although they are on a payment plan the situation is not improving. Do we have other options to recover the overdue levies? We have one owner in our small strata block of six that has consistently been in arrears…
Question: Can we wash a car on common property in NSW? At our single-level complex of 18 villas, we each have one garage. Can we park a vehicle on common property in front of our own villa, not blocking any access or garage, to wash a vehicle using our OWN water? Answer: As the apron…