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Latest Articles

NSW: Q&A Does the Owners Corporation Have a Duty to Define Common Property?

Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
Question: Does the Owners Corporation have a duty to define common property? Should a busy thoroughfare right outside our unit entry not have been put on the title and marked as a walkway?

The Age of Concrete Cancer

BRS Building Rectification Services
Can concrete cancer be fixed? Effects of concrete cancer are starting to show in Hi-rise apartment buildings built back in the 1970s.

QLD: Q&A Varying A Management Rights Agreement

Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
Question: Can terms of a Caretaker's contract be altered without first referring the proposed change to the lot owners?

NSW: Q&A Eliminating a Trip Hazard in a Courtyard Area

Peter Berney, Solutions In Engineering
Question: Should my uneven courtyard pavers be repaired quickly? Who is responsible for the cost of eliminating the trip hazard?

WA: Q&A What Do Strata Levies Cover? Why Am I Paying Strata Levies?

Strata GP
Question: I feel I receive nothing for the strata levies I pay. There are many problems around the building. Nobody seems to care about the complex or the people who live here.

SA: Q&A What Can I Do About Smoke Drift From Neighbour Smoking On Balcony

Josh Smith, Ace Body Corporate Management
Question: I am unable to have my door open or sit outside due to smoke drift from my neighbour smoking on balcony. What rights do I have to stop this?

Explaining the Tribunal process, including penalties under the new NSW law - PODCAST

Amanda Farmer, Your Strata Property
This podcast discusses how recent changes to the NSW Act have affected the way disputes are dealt with in the NCAT Tribunal.

NSW: Sale of whole buildings

Madison Marcus Law Firm
We consider how the Strata Scheme Amendments make it easier for owners to end a strata scheme for the purpose of placing the whole building for sale.

QLD: Q&A Do Apartments Allow Large Dogs? If Not, Where Do I Stand?

Todd Garsden, Hynes Legal
Question: Do apartments allow large dogs? I have heard of many onsite managers having special approval for a dog, so surely there is something that can be done.

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News of the Week

NSW: Strata schemes that pre-registered for loose-fill asbestos testing must email their special resolution by 31 Mar.

VIC: Proposal for differential OC charging
Tom Bacon,
Docklands News

As part of its review into consumer property law legislation including the Owners Corporation Act, Consumer Affairs Victoria is currently considering a number of different options for reform.

FYI QLD Landlords

New smoke alarm requirements since 1 January 2017

There are new requirements for smoke alarms in all dwellings (being houses or units) which commenced 1 January 17.

The rules are not retrospective but they will apply when a dwelling is relet (whether to a new or existing tenant).

You can click here for the QFES summary and here for a more detailed explanation. The OFT also has a section on it.

All property managers should make sure their clients are aware of the requirements to comply with the new rules. There is little doubt where liability would sit if there was a fire and the smoke alarms were not compliant.

This information has been provided by Hynes Legal. For assistance, contact: info@hyneslegal.com.au