Strata, Building Defects, Renovations, Home Owners Warranty, Residential Building Works
Posted 14 February 2016
Anecdotally, we understand that SiCorp trading as the Home Building Compensation Fund (HBCF), the insurer who administers and underwrites insurance under the HBCF (formerly known as Home Owners Warran…
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Strata, By-Laws
Posted 08 February 2016
The new strata laws will make a number of significant changes to the making and enforcement of by-laws. The commencement date is 30 November 2016 and investment property owners need to be getting read…
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Building Defects
Posted 07 February 2016
There may be a way to avoid lengthy and costly litigation and focus on what matters – the rectification of building defects. Some builders, particularly those who are familiar with the disadvantage…
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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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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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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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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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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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