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Our self-managed strata are planning a special strata meeting which may involve striking of a special levy for overdue common property repair work.
One of the owners has sold their unit 4 weeks ago and will settle early February.
I understand that the new owners will be required to pay their share of the levy but they will be unaware of this. Should the new owners be at the meeting?How are their interests represented given that they will required to pay?
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Please clean up your coding and repost
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.
Despite my request, you reposted in exactly the same format. I cleaned it up myself.
When you copy and paste (especially from Apple) the coding sometimes carries over. If this is happening please type your post directly on to the website or paste your document into a text-only format then copy it from there.
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.
Until the contract is settled the buyers have no right to attend a meeting or vote, because they are not the owners. The current owner could give them their proxy but that is up to them.
Note this situation is dealt with in the standard contract of sale. If the special levy is struck after the contract date, the purchaser is liable. Refer clause 23.6 of the standard contract.
A number of adjustments are made at settlement, such as council rates and regular levies.
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