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How to save Legal Costs

Strata

Posted 08 February 2016

Like most lawyers we charge our clients for the time spent on their matters. Clients can greatly assist us in reducing the time spent on their matters and the fees accordingly by following some of…

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Legal Q & A your legal questions answered

Building Defects

Posted 19 December 2015

Q: This year I bought an apartment as an investment property, in an area in NSW which has experienced very heavy storms. If my property experiences water damage due to building defects, can you explai…

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Common Property Maintenance New Laws may solve some old problems

Strata, Strata Reform

Posted 16 December 2015

A common problem for investment property owners, whose investment property is a strata apartment, is getting the owners corporation to properly maintain and repair the common property. This can involv…

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You can sell or redevelop a Strata Building in NSW even if some owners don’t agree

Strata, Strata Reform

Posted 13 December 2015

Proposed new strata legislation will make it possible for developers to access older strata buildings even where some lot owners are opposed. Currently, such opposition is usually fatal to such a p…

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Renovating Strata units – New laws, New Opportunities

Strata, Renovations, Strata Reform

Posted 06 December 2015

Owners of investment properties will, from time to time, carry out renovations. In fact, an investment property owner may even have acquired the property with a view to carrying out renovations and ma…

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Vexatious Litigants – What to do when Don Quixote comes after your windmills

Strata, NCAT and Court Proceedings

Posted 30 November 2015

One of the many frustrating scenarios faced by strata owners corporations, their executive committees and their lot owners is when a lot owner with a perceived grievance subjects them to seemingly end…

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Back in the Pocket – Tips on record keeping for out of pocket expenses

Building Defects

Posted 29 November 2015

We have acted in hundreds of building defects claims and a fairly consistent problem we encounter causing many legitimate out of pocket repairs unable to be claimed is the lack of records and/or the l…

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Resolving Disputes at Strata Meetings – The Role of the Strata Managing Agent

Meetings and Records

Posted 31 October 2015

We are constantly being told how many people live in strata schemes. Currently a quarter of the population of greater Sydney lives in strata title and it is anticipated that by 2040 this figure will r…

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