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I am a unit owner in unit owner. This quarter my Strata fees have risen from $835 to $850 per quarter.
I don’t know about regional and country towns in NSW, strata fees in there blocks, but in Sydney where I live is $850 per quarter in admin fees alot.
We have 2 lifts, a swimming pool,an outdoor car park,a non-live in caretaker who is full-time and comes to work Mon-Friday 9am-5pm.
An outdoor car park with a roof. The caretaker’s main work I find is a lot of gardening, and liaising with tradespeople as the 1st point of contact, when work done common property eg Swimming pool, fire exit doors, etc.
I’m now hearing on the grapevine, shocking stories of $5000 per quarter sometimes even more, alot more in strata fees, especially in the sydney C.B.D.
Is $850 per quarter a rip-off, as I’m thinking of complaining to our OC, or is it reasonable by today’s standards. Im out of touch a bit with modern strata costs, when I hear the new developments, with the Indoor heated swimming pool, Gym, indoor car park etc, lift. We have a humble outdoor 1980’s style suburban swimming pool.
1 thing i’m certain off, is swimming pools, and lifts raise strata fees. I am thinking of putting it out there at this years AGM, scrap the swimming pool, as it’s not used enough over the duration of the calendar year, in proportion to the amount of residents we have (80 units/approximately 120 residents).
I admit I have lived here for 5 years, and haven’t used the swimming pool even once. I go to the beach instead, fresh salt water, and get a sun tan.
