by Chris | Apr 4, 2022 | ACT, By-Laws, Case Review, Legal Alert, News & Publications, Recent News, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes, Uncategorised, Uncategorized
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...
by Chris | Apr 4, 2022 | ACT, Case Review, Legal Alert, Levies, Levies, News & Publications, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes, Uncategorised, Uncategorized
The respondent was the owner of unit 2 and the applicant the owners corporation. The total claimed was: (a) balance of levies owed ($602.93); (b) ACAT filing fee; (c) legal expenses for preparation of and attendance at the hearing and the mediation; and (d) witness...
by Allison | Nov 3, 2021 | Uncategorised
Collaborative housing is an umbrella term for housing models that prioritise community-building, affordability, resource-sharing and resident participation. These models are becoming increasingly relevant in a housing market with limited options. Our Allison Benson...
by Allison | Sep 15, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) at section 122 sets out what authority an owners corporation has to enter any part of the scheme. Basically, an owners corporation (and it’s agents or contractors) is authorised to enter any part of the strata scheme to...
by Allison | Jul 12, 2021 | By-Laws, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News, Uncategorised
There are generally four ways for a lot owner to gain use of a common property space such as a parking space, courtyard or roof space. These are by way of: an exclusive use by-law, registering a strata plan of subdivision, entering into a licence of the common...
by Allison | May 14, 2021 | Legal Alert, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News, Uncategorised
The temporary relief measures introduced in response to COVID-19 enabling the holding of an owners corporation to hold electronic meetings, regardless of whether a motion authorising an electronic meeting had previously been passed, were not extended. This means that...