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Can anyone recommend a good strata lawyer? I dont have a lot of disposal income so one that is fairly reasonably priced would be great. Thanks a million in advance if anyone is able to help
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OK, lawyers, don’t all rush to nominate yourselves – unless you’re offering a free consultation and/or a fixed rate. Otherwise, if anyone out there recommends anyone who fits the bill, please let us know.
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Any strata lawyer will be able to give you good advice on this – and I don't mean a solicitor who's done a bit of strata conveyancing and once lived in a flat. There's another post on this topic from Teys lawyers that list a few good names as well as their own. But why not try them first becasue a) they are regular cotributors to this forum and occasionally put me right on stuff and b) one of their team is related to Freddy Mercury. I just love the irony of getting a relative of the late Queen singer to complain that someone's music is too loud. Beelzebub has a devil looking out for me, indeed!
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livingwell said:
Hello,
I am looking for the lawyers who have expirience in Strata law
specifically neighbour noise (music,loud talking on the balcony) to advise me on the ways to deal with it.
Or maybe someone can advise me on what to do.
I have searched the net on this issue however before I do something I need to take legal advice.
I have phoned few lawyers and it seems that they didn't really have knowledge
on this issue and one lawyer said -It is loud for you and not loud for him.This answer was alarming.
I have to mention that owners committee/managing agent refused to help me with that and told me to deal with it on my own.The problem is that the way appartments are positioned it disturbs only me.
I live in Sydney Eastern suburbs.
Thanks,
Joe
Music is food for the soul…but not everyone may like your music!Apartment living is about respecting other people and owners have a right to “peaceful enjoyment” in their own homes.Where a strata scheme has adopted the standard by-law 1 from schedule 1 in the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (SSMA), establishing that a particular noise is “likely to interfere with the peaceful enjoyment” of another lot owner is often difficult because determining whether a noise amounts to an “interference” is largely subjective. The SSMA does not prohibit the creation of noise nor does it specify any particular decibel reading will render the noise an interference.If you have approached the noisy lot owner and the owners corporation are not willing to help you, you may want to lodge a s138 application for an order to restrain a breach of by-law 1. Note that prior to adjudication, formal mediation is required.Colin is a good bloke (and a good lawyer) and Alex is a bit of a legend. But I have to give “big ups” to Teys, if only because they have been rock solid supporters of this Forum since day one, plus an honourable mention to David Bannerman for stepping up to the plate in the smoking case (see “Smoke gets in your eyes”)
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Murray Cameron of StrataREs and StrataIT – the online, web-based strata management company – has been a staunch supporter of the forum from day one and various individuals and companies (like Linders, Strata Plus ansd Strata Choice0 have offered support, advice and encouragement. David Ferguson, chair of the Institute of Strata Titles Management has also been very helpful. I hasten to add than these guys don't necessarily agree with or endorse my opinions – but they seem to like the fact that I'm out here shaking the tree.
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