The NSW Strata Magazine | October 2022

  • How do we maintain the building when we can’t get contractors? 
  • Who repairs lot property that’s been damaged by rising damp? 
  • Can small schemes conduct an internal audit of their financial records? 
  • Can an owner offer to pay more than their share towards a special levy? 
  • Duty of owners corporation to maintain and repair property 
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Latest Articles From LookUpStrata

WA: Getting Ready for your AGM – Meeting Governance – October 2022

Scott Bellerby, B Strata

NSW Q: We've requested approval to install a cat net over our covered balcony. The request has been denied, although other balconies have bamboo screening, etc. What do we do now?

Shane Williamson,
Williamson Lawyers Pty Ltd

QLD: We were instructed to post voting forms in, but some owners who could not attend the AGM gave their forms to another lot owner. Is this OK?

William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate & Chris Irons, Strata Solve

ACT Q: My apartment ceiling is damaged. Is this covered by strata insurance, or does it fall under contents insurance?

Tyrone Shandiman, 
Strata Insurance Solutions

QLD Q: Our Body Corporate has had an administrator appointed. Does the administrator have a right to make decisions without consulting lot owners? How far does their authority reach?

Todd Garsden, Mahoneys

NSW: We changed strata managers. The previous strata manager provided electronic records to the new manager, but they were incompatible and never accessed. Does this gap in records impose any legal liability on our OC?

Leanne Habib, Premium Strata

VIC: Know your plan of subdivision - Owners corporations who owns what?

Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law

NSW: ABCB Announces NCC 2022! What are the Differences?

JS Mueller & Co Lawyers

Last Edition's Star Articles

NAT: Would you make a good Strata Manager? – September 2022


Alisha Fisher, SCA + a panel of strata managers from across Australia!

NSW Q: What happens in an apartment fire? Watch this first hand account of a strata emergency


COO Bob Epps & Account Manager Haydn Smith, 2020 Fire Protection

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