The WA Strata Magazine | August 2022

  • Capital works / maintenance plans: getting it right 
  • Landlord Insurance vs Strata Insurance: What’s the difference? 
  • Strata Titles (WA): cost-saving measures can cost more in the end 
  • Can a small lot scheme be exempt from taking minutes? 
  • Can the Council quorum be achieved with proxy votes? 
  • Managing increasing repayments to cover the 10 year plan 
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NSW Q: We've discovered the sewerage system in our complex does not match the approved plans. The only permanent solution is the complete removal and relaying of the sewer system. Do we have any avenues to seek compensation?

Pierrette Khoury, Khoury Lawyers

QLD Q: One wall in our building has a mixture of lot owner and common property windows. All experience leaks. Can the body corporate pay for repairs to one lot's windows as a test case for the repair of other windows on this wall?

Todd Garsden, Mahoneys

QLD Q: We are a block of 30 units with elderly owners. We have always had access to a common room, but our troublesome caretaker of 20 years recently changed the door lock and now controls who has access to the room and when. How do we solve this problem?

Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal

WA Q: The Strata Company in our 5 lot scheme has been maintaining one lot's roses. This places a financial burden on me. There are no bylaws in place for this. What recourse do I have?

Marietta Metzger,
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NSW Q: Reading through the loads of information that will be required for the new Strata Hub reporting, are we required to provide details of an Annual Fire Safety Statement?

Rob Broadhead, 2020 Fire Protection & Leanne Habib, Premium Strata

QLD: I am running a short-term letting hotel and am having issues with smoke alarms being activated by the guests. The cost is around $1400 each time the alarm is activated. Is there a way I can recover this cost from the offending resident or lot owner?

William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate

VIC: Setting The Seven-Star Standard For New Homes

Lizzie Blandthorn,  Victoria State Government

NSW: Stocker v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 6622 – Minor Renovations, or not?

Laura Cashman & Jasmin H.Singh

Last Edition's Star Articles

NSW Q: Our Strata Committee needs to issue a Statement of Claim for long overdue levies. Contact cannot be made with the lot owner. Our Strata Manager refuses to provide a copy of the Strata Roll to our Committee. What do we do?

Andrew Terrell, Bright & Duggan

QLD Q: How do we proceed when the Body Corporate is breaching a bylaw? A pool pump is so noisy it disturbs lot owners day and night.

Todd Garsden, Mahoneys

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