DIY By-laws – DIY but Do it Right!

Works that are not cosmetic works or minor renovations, commonly referred to as major works, are more serious works to the common property. You will need a by-law for these works to be authorised. This requires a special resolution to be passed at a general meeting of...

The Owners – Units Plan No 3908 v SDNM Pty Ltd (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 74

On 29 November 2018, a new motion was put forward by the owners corporation which replicated the motion in issue in the 2018 case. This new motion, again, failed to be passed by an unopposed resolution. As a consequence, the owners corporation commenced another...

SDNM Pty Limited v The Owners – Units Plan 3908 (Unit Titles) [2018] ACAT 102

The respondent is the owners corporation for mixed-use premises of 10 commercial units and 69 residential units. The applicant is the owner of one of the commercial units. At the 2018 general meeting held on 13 June 2018, a resolution was passed by 13 votes in favour...

The Owners – Units Plan No 3217 v AJ Properties Pty Ltd and Anor (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 35

The applicant is the owners corporation of Units Plan 3217. The first respondent, AJ Properties Pty Ltd, is the owner of unit 13. The second respondent, Xbox Projects Pty Ltd, is the owner of units 11, 12 and 14. There was a fire which damaged units 11, 12, 13 and 14....

The Owners – Units Plan No 666 v Quaid & Anor (Unit Titles) [2020] ACAT 87

The respondents are owners of a unit and members of the applicant owners corporation. The applicant applied to the Tribunal for orders in relation to a range of unapproved alterations the respondents had made without the consent of the executive committee in...

Ceramidas & Anor v The Owners – Units Plan No 3488 & Anor (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 13

The applicants were the owners of a unit in Units Plan 3488. One morning when the applicants were not present in the unit, a hose connected to the mains in the toilet cistern broke and water flowed out of the cistern into the apartment and into the common property in...