Poll: Does Community play a big part in everyday Apartment living?

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The last newsletters contained a poll questioning how important community is to successful apartment living. What do YOU, our readers, think about the importance of community to strata life?

QLD: Partial assignments of management rights and the transfer fee

Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
Allisee QBCCMCmr 323 (10 July 2015) raises a novel question about the assignments of management rights, where they are being transferred by parties who acquired their interest in those rights over 7 years.

NSW: Smoking and strata schemes: What is the effect of the recent amendments to the Smoke-free Environment Act 2000?

Allison Benson, Kerin Benson Lawyers
When it comes to smoking in strata schemes NSW, the NSW Government’s amendments to the Smoke-free Environment Act 2000 (NSW) mean that smoking is now banned in mixed use strata schemes.

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NSW: Former Hardie factory to become apartments

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NSW: How to minimise building defect risks

NSW: Top 13 questions to ask when renovating your strata apartment

Barangaroo raises prospect of user-pays strata fees

Last weeks News story of the week received the following comment from our subscribers, Luther:

We all live in a community of some sort  (family-village-city-state-federal level) and basically pay our duties on a ‘shared ‘ basis (for health-education etc.) if we use certain services or not. There is no better way. The “Barangaroo project/proposal  is actually a quite dangerous approach. Allow me a provoking thought: What happen when only a very few using the Pool, the Gym, the residents lounge ? The cost/levy would be unreasonably high so that in the end no resident want to use the  facilities ?  I understand that there always residents who feel that they are contributing too much however, only together is it possible to have great facilities like a Gym, a Pool, a residential lounge etc.  If Developers want to change something, then don’t provide these lifestyle facilities  in the first place.

The legislator was very wise in the past and hopefully the new generation leave it as is. It is however a good thing to differentiate between commercial and residential levies but that’s all.

We encourage more discussion around this point. Please send replies to nikkij@lookupstrata.com.au or post a reply to the discussion on our LinkedIn Group page.