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Category: Renovations

Partitioning – When tenancy in common is not working

Building Defects, By-Laws, Renovations, Urban Renewal, Conveyancing

Posted 14 September 2021

It is not uncommon for co-owners to have disputes over property. When these disputes occur, a co-owner may apply to the Supreme Court for the property…

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Owners Corporations Withholding Consent to the Lodgement of Development Applications

Strata, Renovations, Urban Renewal

Posted 02 February 2021

In order to obtain development consent conditions from a development application the Local Council needs the consent of the owner of the land. If an o…

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What do I own and what is Common Property?

Strata, Renovations, eBooks

Posted 04 June 2025

The important question of who owns what needs to be established, as the answer will dictate how a strata scheme is correctly managed and who is respon…

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An Owner’s Short Guide to Standard Form Residential Building Contracts

Strata, Renovations

Posted 10 April 2018

A sample survey carried out by the Law Department of Melbourne University in 2014 found that the only sector of the construction industry where there …

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Pre 1974 Schemes and the Centre Line Rule

Strata, Renovations

Posted 23 October 2017

For owners corporations with a strata plan registered prior to 1 July 1974, things work a bit differently than for other schemes. There are important …

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Do you need the Owners Corporations consent to your DA?

Strata, Renovations

Posted 20 September 2017

The case of Owners Strata Plan No. 50411 & Ors v Cameron North Sydney Investments Pty Ltd [2003] NSWCA 5 (Cameron’s case) considered not only …

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Is consent required for the installation of Timber Floors?

Strata, Renovations, eBooks

Posted 16 September 2017

Did you know that lot owners may be permitted to install floating timber floors in their lot without any approval from the owners corporation? It is c…

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Reasonable grounds to be unreasonable? Questions that arise when Owners Corporations refuse to allow works

Strata, Renovations

Posted 23 July 2017

When can an owner corporation refuse requests by owners wanting to perform works or have exclusive use of common property? As strata schemes age, it i…

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