Can a strata manager refuse to provide the strata roll to the committee?

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Our Strata Committee has been advised to issue a Statement of Claim for long overdue levies.

Contact cannot be made with the lot owner.

Our Strata Roll shows a company as the owner of the lot, with a post box address only and a disconnected mobile number.

Our Strata Manager refuses to provide a copy of the Strata Roll to our Committee.

Does the address have to be a street address?

Can our Owners Corporation insist that a physical address is provided?

Can our Strata Manager refuse to provide a copy of the Strata Roll?

Can lot owners access 6-month financial reports?

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Our strata committee recently met and approved the 6 month financials. As a lot owner, when I noticed this in the minutes of the meeting, I asked for a copy of the 6 monthly report to review. The committee refused to give me the report saying I must wait for the annual meeting to get the annual financials. Our Strata Management company does not have a portal. What rights do I have to see the 6 month financial report and how can I access it?

Must owners disclose mortgage details to a strata manager?

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We have a new strata management company. They have sent owners a letter to update their current information, including the details of the financial status of ownership, i.e. is the property owned or mortgaged? If mortgaged, who is the loan with? If the mortgage has been discharged, what is the date of discharge?

This information is private and has nothing to do with our property's management. I do not wish to give this information. Am I legally obligated to tell them?

How can lot owners access strata records?

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How do lot owners request access to the strata records from the strata managing agent? Do I need to specify a subject matter or can I request all records about a certain period of time?

Do the records contain all communications between owners and the strata manager? Can I download the information to an external device, or will I be limited to view-only access?

In our strata scheme, owners are completely in the dark, and this seems to be deliberate.

Must a developer pay levies in the first 12 months of a strata scheme?

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I purchased a new apartment block.

The developer has decided to retain the commercial lot (paid admin/sinking levies) but he also has retained and is renting out another unit and has for over 6 months, however has not paid the admin/sinking levies.

Our Body Corporate Manager has advised that the developer is not required to pay the levies for the first 12 months. Is this true?

Can a developer vote on levies and auditors in the first year of a strata scheme?

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Our scheme has 20 lots and our purchase contracts contain a clause giving the developer voting rights at general meetings on our behalf for the first 12 months. Was the developer in order in conducting an Inaugural General Meeting upon the set up of the scheme at which the developer ratified levies and the insurance cover as well as for deciding NOT to appoint an auditor for the first financial year? These were motions additional to what the developer would generally do upon the establishment of the scheme.

Can a developer use a power of attorney to vote on matters not specifically listed?

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The Power of Attorney clause in our contract for the purchase of our apartment states: "You will for a period of 1 year after the scheme is established permit us to exercise as your proxy to your exclusion all your voting rights at general meetings of the Body Corporate to the fullest extent permitted by law."

Under a further clause "Grant to us a power of attorney to exercise all your voting rights at general meetings that deals with"

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