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The NSW Strata Magazine | August 2021
Calculating Proposals for Strata Insurance Renewals
Fire Safety Requirements: Are the requirements the same as for apartment buildings?
The owners corporation must maintain the common property
Top Tips on Submitting a Pet Application
Should GST Be Included in Special Levy Invoices?
Can you re-use a renovations bylaw registered to your lot?
NSW Q: What are the rules around visitors and non-residents bringing pets onto common property and into the building? This might be friends coming to visit residents or short term letting with Airbnb.
QLD Q: The BMS Plan in our mixed use highrise outlines the ares not to be used by commercial lots, however, the Committee has allowed them to use these areas. Is this right?
QLD Q: Can Budget Meetings or AGM's be delayed/postponed due to Covid Lockdowns in order to enable the meetings to be 'in person'? Zoom meetings are not an option for us.
NSW Q: My strata manager is withholding some of my levy notices. How do I ensure these late notices are sent to me, as the strata manager is ignoring my emails?
Don't miss the discussion about how to alter your plan of subdivision in Victoria when we are joined by Tim Graham, Partner of Bugden Allen Graham Lawyers. Tim will also be addressing your VIC Strata Q&As.
Find out more about Bugden Allen Graham LawyersHERE.
Announcements
NSW: Apply for an energy assessment grant
Owners corporations in the City of Sydney are eligible to apply for a Ratings and Assessment grant. The next grant round is open 19 July - 23 August. On offer: up to $10,000 for 1st yr NABERS ratings, $5,000 for 2nd yr NABERS ratings and $10,000 for water/energy assessments that are to be completed alongside a NABERS rating.