We’re back! It was just too hard to pull together a Forum last week, not least because we were travelling through Poland (and in fact. as I write, we have just crossed the border into the Czech republic, en route for Prague).
That means, however that we have a small backlog of your questions, one of which is a blast from the past – at least, it’s territory we have covered many times over the years.
The question relates to the fact that there has been much talk about a new standard strata management contract, re-written by Strata Community Association (SCA-NSW), in light of increased scrutiny following the Netstrata scandal and the inclusion of strata contracts in consumer protection laws.
There are also rumours that Fair Trading is working on its own Strata Management contract, maybe even to be mandatory, like the residential tenancies agreement.
But until such times as these documents become commonly available, it seems strata schemes are facing the same take it or leave it demands from some strata managers as they ever have.
Contracts are supposed to be an agreement between two parties who concur on the matters they agree on and compromise on those that they don’t.
That, of course, can’t work if one side says the other has no choice but agree to the deal exactly as it is, with reasons ranging from the strata manager is bound by their membership of SCA, to the contract is copyright and can’t be changed.
So what do you do if your strata manager says you must sign a contract that you both know is out of date? That’s HERE.
Elsewhere on the Forum
- What is a reasonable cost for insurance? That’s HERE.
- Could a Notice to Comply that accuses an owner of wrongdoing lead to legal action for defamation? That’s HERE.
- Why are we being charged for “taxation management”? That’s HERE.
- When is it decided that owners can’t vote because they are unfinancial? That’s HERE.
- Why should financially diligent owners subsidise others who can’t or won’t pay their levies? That’s HERE.
- How can an external wall be classified as internal in a pre ’74 building? That’s HERE.
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Forum: Should you sign a new deal on an old SCA contract, taxation management fees, subsidising unpaid levies
[See the full post at: Forum: What’s the deal with new SCA contracts?]
The opinions offered in these Forum posts and replies are not intended to be taken as legal advice. Readers with serious issues should consult experienced strata lawyers.
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