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Maintenance & Common Property

  • What’s mine and what’s common property?
  • What is the Owners Corporation required to maintain?

Check your states tab for the latest information about Strata Maintenance and Common Areas. New information and links are added regularly. Be sure to check back to be kept up-to-date.

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According to Strata Community Association (NSW), here is the definition of Common Property:

  • Areas of a strata building or community which do not form part of a lot and that every occupier or owner shares. Common property may include gardens, fences, driveways and visitor parking.

If you have enjoyed this topic page, discover more great information in our other Strata Topics covered.

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NSW: Q&A Steps to Sell Off or Purchase Common Property

Emma Smythies, Bugden Allen Lawyers
Question: I want to purchase the roof space above my apartment to build another bedroom and the committee has agreed. What happens now and how do we work out the appropriate price to pay?

Most Recent Strata Maintenance and Common Areas Articles

  • strata maintenance QLD QLD: Navigating Strata Maintenance and Disputes [Includes Flowchart] - For those who joined our recent live webinar this article serves as a concise summary of strata maintenance in QLD, with invaluable insights shared by property law specialist Todd Garsden from Mahoneys. If you missed the session, we strongly encourage you to watch the recording to gain a crucial understanding of your maintenance obligations and how to avoid costly disputes in your strata community. QLD: Strata maintenance: Understand your responsibilities and avoid disputes The webinar aimed to help attendees confidently navigate the complex landscape of QLD strata maintenance by breaking down legislation and providing practical examples. Todd Garsden, an experienced…
  • opportunity cost of delaying strata repairs NAT: Q&A Opportunity cost of delaying strata repairs - Question: How does the timing of expenditure for essential repairs impact the potential for claiming these deductions by individual owners or the overall financial health of the scheme?

Our articles and Q&As about maintenance and common areas have been arranged by State

  • National Maintenance and Common Property articles & Q&As

  • NSW Strata Laws and Common Property

  • New South Wales Maintenance

  • Queensland

  • Victoria

  • Australian Capital Territory

  • South Australia

  • Western Australia


Strata Maintenance and Common Property Useful Links - State by State

National

  • Asbestos Awareness
    A national site to increase people’s awareness of the risks of asbestos exposure when renovating.

New South Wales

  • Fire safety and external wall cladding
    NSW Fair Trading. The NSW Government is working to address the fire safety risks associated with external wall cladding in high-rise buildings and has developed and started implementing a co-ordinated, whole of government policy response.
  • Neighbours and the law
    by Nadine Behan. Published by the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), State Library of New South Wales, 2012. An easy to understand guide to the different areas of law that are involved in neighbourhood issues and disputes. Covers areas that commonly cause problems between neighbours including dividing fences, common property, retaining walls, overhanging branches, animals and noise.
  • Register your pool and spa
    NSW Government: Swimming Pool Register – From 29 October 2013, authorised officers may fine pool owners if their pool is not registered on the NSW Swimming Pool Register. Avoid a fine.

Queensland

  • Body Corporate and Community Management Fact Sheet: Storm damage
    Developed by QLD: Department of Justice and Attorney-General.
    The storm that hit Brisbane and South-East Queensland on 27 November (and others like it) has caused a loss, damage and inconvenience to many people. We extend our sympathy to those in community titles schemes who are experiencing difficulties because of the storm.
    We encourage lot owners and anyone involved in a body corporate to work together and to recognise that many people may be under stress at this difficult time.
    We have put this information together to help people in community title schemes deal with problems caused by the storm. This information is relevant to all schemes in Queensland.
  • Safer Buildings: understanding the combustible cladding legislation
    Developed by Office of the Commissioner for BCCM and the QBCC.
    The Queensland Government recently amended legislation relating to cladding and, in particular, requirements for certain buildings to be assessed for potentially combustible cladding. To assist bodies corporate in understanding the new legislative requirements this information has been prepared.
  • Maintenance of common property and lots
    Queensland Building and Construction Commission The purpose of these guidelines is to assist pool owners (including bodies corporate) and property agents to understand their pool safety responsibilities under the Building Act 1975 (BA).
  • Guidelines for pool owners and property agents
    Oct 2015: Body Corporate and Community Management (BCCM) provide information on what is common property and what is required to be maintained by whom.

Victoria

  • Property maintenance – owners corporations
    Consumer Affairs Victoria
    Including information concerning maintaining common property, renovating individual lots and maintenance plan.

Tasmania

  • What control does the body corporate have over activities by the lot owners on the common property?
    Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment: Land, Property and Titles

Western Australia

  • Guide to Strata Title


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