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NSW: Q&A Are There Regulated Fees for Strata Roll Access?
Leanne Habib, Premium Strata Question: In NSW are fees regulated for providing strata roll access? Is there a standard fee that can be charged for lot owners to view the strata roll?
QLD: Q&A Is Our Spending Limit on Maintenance Too Low?
Todd Garsden, Hynes Legal Question: Our spending limit for each of our three buildings in the scheme is only $500. As each building has quite a few lots, this seems too low.
NSW: Q&A I’m Abused in Emails from Another Committee Member
Rod Smith, The Strata Collective Question: What are my rights as a committee member who is abused in emails constantly with offending words and disrespectful terms about quotes and repairs for the block from another committee member?
ACT: Q&A Can you install floorboards in strata units in older buildings in Canberra?
Christopher Kerin, Kerin Benson Lawyers Question: Can lot owners install floorboards in strata units in older buildings in Canberra? Where should we look for information before approaching the body corporate?
Leanne Habib, Premium Strata Question: This site recently replied to an SA question about Common Property Alterations. Is the response also applicable for alterations to common property in NSW? Can a single lot owner's vote overruling a majority decision?
The top 6 things to remember when applying for Strata Insurance
Seema Ratna, Whitbread Insurance Brokers With the Strata construction industry constantly evolving, insurers are requiring a lot more information when placing new business or renewing Strata Insurance policies.
NSW: Predicting the Unpredictable: Strata Renewal in the Courts
Bannermans Lawyers
Developers proposing projects involving strata renewal plans face a crystal ball gazing exercise. They need to predict the requirements and attitudes of the Court considering an application for orders implementing a strata renewal plan.
NSW: “Appearance of the lot” – In keeping with the rest of the building
Michael Pobi, Pobi Lawyers In the recent NCAT decision the Tribunal was required to determine the meaning of the words “in keeping with the rest of the building” in by-law 17 (Appearance of the lot) and whether the rear garden area of the lot was included in the definition of “building” within the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (“SSMA”).
Todd Garsden, Hynes Legal Question: What if the Body Corp are not complying with their own bylaws. An example would be where the bylaws prohibit signs on the front of the building but the Body Corp has two signs on the front of the building.
NSW: Q&A Is a Termite Barrier Compulsory for a Two Lot Strata Scheme?
Rod Smith, The Strata Collective Question: I have been commissioned to install a stair climber onto the front access steps of a duplex. The client insists he does not have Strata obligations. Can you advise if this is so. His property shares a common wall with the second property but, being a corner block, they enter and exit their properties on separate streets.
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News of the Week
National Property Clock July 2018 - Units
Herron Todd White
The Month in Review identifies the latest movements and trends for property markets across Australia. A real eye-opener for anyone buying or selling property.
State Member for Sydney, Alex Greenwich, has launched a petition to have short term letting debated in NSW parliament. He needs 10,000 signatures. They must be original signatures so people need to print, sign, and mail/drop off to his office.
We urge NSW LookUpStrata readers to sign, put up in their lobbies, and share with their committees and other lot owners.
Independent MP Alex Greenwich: There has been a strong supportive response to my petition calling for owners corporations the authority to control short term letting in their building, including to place limits beyond state controls or to ban the practice outright. If you support this approach, please sign and collect signatures. Print petition HERE.
Before making any decisions about possible changes to the BUGT Act, the Queensland Government would like to hear your views about QUT’s recommendations.
You are invited to provide feedback on QUT’s recommendations to harmonise some provisions of the BUGT Act and the BCCM Act to provide bodies corporate operating under the BUGT Act with a more contemporary body corporate legislative framework.
