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Don’t Believe the Hype: From 10 April 2020, New Section 137A to Enable Owners Corporations to Make By-Laws to Prohibit Short-Term letting Commences

Strata

Posted 08 April 2020

Strata schemes that are looking to reduce or better manage short term lettings within their buildings will welcome a legislative reform package relating to short term lettings, which is due to commenc…

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Dealing with Threatening Behaviour

Strata

Posted 09 March 2020

Things can get very heated in a strata context. Disputes can involve peoples’ homes and living arrangements and can be very personal. They can involve issues and frustrations which have built up ove…

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New Strata Managing Agent Licensing Rules – Do Support Staff need a License?

Strata

Posted 26 February 2020

For an overview of the new rules, please read our article Real Estate Industry Reforms – Implications for the Strata Sector.…

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Combustible Cladding, Class Actions & Australian Consumer Law

Building Defects

Posted 17 December 2019

Strata owners facing the cost of council orders requiring the replacement of combustible cladding are looking for potential solutions against the manufacturers under the Australian Consumer Law.…

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NSW First Cladding Decision

Building Defects

Posted 27 November 2019

NSW’s First Cladding Decision The recent Tribunal decision in SP92888 v Taylor Construction Group and Frasers Putney [2019] NSWCAT has held that combustible external cladding installed on residen…

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Holes in the New Building Certification Regime

Building Defects

Posted 27 November 2019

The Office of Fair Trading sought submissions on the proposed Building and Development Certifiers Regulation 2019. The following is Bannermans submission, pointing out two key areas that need to be ad…

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The New Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulations 2019 (NSW)

Strata

Posted 22 November 2019

Amongst the recent raft of changes to the residential building industry, on 1 December 2019 the Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulations 2019 (NSW) will commence with a view to providing greater protec…

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How far can 5% Ratchet increases in Management Agreements go?

Strata, Management Agreements

Posted 04 November 2019

The majority of strata schemes across the country have builder managers, caretakers and strata managers in place to assist the owners corporation in managing and maintaining common property. Under leg…

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Security of Payment – Changes to Legislation: What Strata managers need to know

Strata

Posted 22 October 2019

With media reports of record insolvency levels in the constructions industry, the NSW Government has moved to tighten up the ability of Security of Payment legislation to improve cash flow and payment…

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