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Strata, Renovations, Urban Renewal
Posted 03 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 owners application involves the common property …
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Posted 12 August 2020
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 responsible for what parts of a strata scheme.…
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Posted 11 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 was virtually no substantive incidence of amendmen…
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Posted 24 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 differences regarding what is common property and …
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Posted 21 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 the question of when an owners corporation’s consent i…
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Posted 18 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?…
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Posted 26 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 is a common occurrence for lot owners to wish to…
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Posted 06 June 2017
Owners of apartments within strata schemes often want to add to or alter their lot property. This invariably involves entering into construction contracts with builders, architects, other contractors …
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