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Welcome to our latest newsletter full of strata title information from around Australia.

At the start of the year we developed some FactSheets to pull information about certain strata topics together in one spot. They have been very successful & it looks as if everyone is finding them useful. I am in the process of improving the layout of the FactSheets. Here is one of the newly formatted FactSheets - Strata By-Laws and Legislation. What do you think?

In this edition will discover what owners corporations can do about unauthorised parking, how to handle noise in strata schemes and how to organise contractors while they are at your site - plus plenty of other strata information.

Sorry this edition of the newsletter is a little late. I've spent the last few days at a dance competition in NSW with my daughter :)

Kind regards
Nikki

ACT homeowners diagnosed with mesothelioma - Mr Fluffy Homes

Peter Berney, Solutions in Engineering
Worrying news for two people in Mr Fluffy homes have been diagnosed with mesothelioma this year, according to spokeswoman for the Fluffy Owners and Residents Action Group, Brianna Heseltine......

NSW: Unauthorised Parking - What Can Owners Corporations Do?

David Bannerman and Mark Pollinger, Bannermans Lawyers
Parking is a vexing question. Owners corporations and their strata managing agents have been struggling with it for years. They are not helped by uncertainties in the law, limited police and council powers, restrictive strata management laws and widespread misconceptions about wh.....

NSW: Noise in Strata Schemes

Michael Pobi, Pobi Lawyers
Residential strata schemes in New South Wales have model by-laws dealing with noise, flooring and the behaviour of owners, occupiers and visitors. Noise in residential strata schemes appears to be on the rise due to the advent of, and increasing popularity of, the installation of hard surface floors such as timb....

Owners Corporation Amendment Bill 2013 (Vic) to clarify annual fees

Peter Berney, Solutions in Engineering
The Owners Corporation Amendment Bill 2013 (Vic) clarifies the way in which annual fees are set by Owners Corporations and provides guidance on the way that Owners Corporations levy certain fees in relation to works that do not affect all lots. This is generally to be calculated on a ba....

Minimum Expectations for Contractors on your Site

Deborah Sullivan, QIA Group Pty Ltd

There are very simple ways to ensure that contractors visiting your site are aware of the basic expectations you have of them. Ensure the site rules simple and easy to understand, so that even if workers don’t fully understand the systems and processes that you work under in a particular ar.....

QLD: Building Management Statements 101- Mixed-Use Development

Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
In many long established cities (i.e. Paris, New York), mixed-use buildings are the norm. Retail and commercial are on the ground floor with residential units sitting above them. Australia is starting to catch up and mixed-use developments are becoming more frequent in urban areas.....

NSW: Is that Owner Unfinancial and what are their Entitlements?

David Bannerman and Mark Pollinger,
Bannermans Lawyers
Owners corporations and their strata managing agents are frequently faced with difficult questions concerning non-payment of levies and other amounts due by lot owners.

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