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Re: Voluntary Chairman wants to charge Body Corp for his time & effort

  • 12/04/2015
  • Author Whale

YES – and if you’re in NSW then THIS section of the Strata Schemes Management Act applies, where you’ll note that any amount to be paid has to be approved in…

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    Re: fitting cat doors into glass balcony doors

    • 07/04/2015
    • Author Whale

    If your Plan’s in NSW and it was Registered after July 1974, then the balcony door is Common Property and YES you should obtain the prior consent of the Owners…

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      Re: Exclusive Use Of Common Property

      • 05/04/2015
      • Author DaveB

      @pend1lis said: “On a side note: the legal advice obtained by our OC was from the same lawyers who drafted the special by-law for the 2 owners to obtain exclusive…

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        Re: Complaint against building management / security

        • 05/04/2015
        • Author lime2

        Editor’s Note:  As explained in length when you sign up to this website, we operate a “No Names” policy, mainly to allow posters to be more open about their problems while…

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          Re: What should renovators bring to a General Meeting?

          • 24/03/2015
          • Author Whale

          When you on the last occasion sought some advice concerning how to handle your upstairs neighbour’s renovations I posted that: …those Owners will need to put that to a General…

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            Re: Who pays when upstairs floods my tenants?

            • 21/03/2015
            • Author Jimmy-T

            Why should you or your tenants be out of pocket?  Your issue is with your upstairs neighbour, not your tenants or even your owners corp. Your upstairs neighbour should have…

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              who pays what? Owner wants free bathroom Reno…

              • 20/03/2015
              • Author Mailbox

              Hi, long time reader of this forum, but first post. I purchased a 2 storey townhouse in Liverpool NSW in November last year as an investment. It was bull in…

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                Re: Laminate Floorboards- Noise through Common wall

                • 15/03/2015
                • Author Whale

                Thanks giggsy – that’s what I thought, because an Owner’s proposal to undertake any renovation that involves a change the appearance of the Lot, or that are structural, or permanent,…

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                  Re: New Bathroom- is it a common property issue?

                  • 15/03/2015
                  • Author Whale

                  Boronia – NO it wouldn’t, as unlike the previous matter discussed here, works associated with the installation of a floating floor don’t involve an addition, change, or alteration to the…

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                    Re: New Bathroom- is it a common property issue?

                    • 14/03/2015
                    • Author Whale

                    4atRW – I noticed that you logged in earlier today, so as you’re obviously looking for a response I’ll jump in (sorry DaveB). If the floorboards are those originally installed…

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                      Re: Clash of laws

                      • 06/03/2015
                      • Author larry_vincent

                      How do you repeal a by-law that you feel is unfair? An Executive Committee member runs a laundry business from the 3 common laundries (200+ units). A by-law was passed…

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                        Re: Self Managing Stratas

                        • 06/03/2015
                        • Author Whale

                        Good advice from DaveB, and in addition to perusing the Strata Community NSW Website and linked publications, also have a look at the Strata Scheme pages on the NSW Department…

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