Question: How do I re-establish a NSW strata scheme that became defunct years ago? There are no records or funds for the property. We are aware of the Strata Hub annual reporting requirements.
How do I re-establish a NSW strata scheme that became defunct quite a long time ago? There does not seem to be any records or funds for the property. The owners of one of the lots have changed several times and the owner of the other lot has dementia and lacks legal capacity but does have a power of attorney in force. I imagine there are many 2-lot schemes in this situation and they will be flushed out by the Strata Hub annual reporting requirement.
I have a copy of the strata plan and a title search for the common property, but that’s it.
Answer: I strongly suggest you seek help from a suitably qualified and licensed Strata Manager to assist you with this process.
We often pick up self manage schemes with little to no records. When this happens, we start our usual process from scratch, which is:
- Work with an owner to set up and convene an Extraordinary General Meeting to appoint us as Strata Managers
- Set up the books and records of the Strata Scheme
- Call the First Annual General Meeting or an Annual General Meeting to do all the usual things that a Strata Scheme is legally required to do which include:
- Accept the last minutes
- Accept and vote on the the budget
- Adopt the financial statements
- Confirm the insurances
- Elect the strata committee
- How to deal with overdue strata levies
By having a strata committee and adopting levies and a budget, there is the ability for the strata scheme to function, pay invoices, maintain common property and conduct its business.
We can then prioritise any outstanding items and get to work.
I strongly suggest that you look to get the help from a suitably qualified and licensed Strata Manager to assist you with this process.
Rod Smith
The Strata Collective
E: rsmith@thestratacollective.com.au
P: 02 9879 3547
How do I get the building reference number for our block on 38 Benelong Road , Cremorne, NSW 2090
Hi Siva
The NSW Government have developed this support guide: How do I find the basic information my strata scheme needs to report on?
Thanks
In response to the ‘single point of contact’ query… Leanne, I believe the Strata Manager is ‘asking’ for the committee to nominate an individual member to communicate with on daily management matters to reduce the manager’s phone and email load. It also keeps communication threads on each matter of business ‘linear’. This is ordinarily the function of a Committee secretary, but could be any member willing to be the ‘crossroads’. The Emergency Contact required for Strata Hub purposes is just that… an emergency contact person available at any hour, sensibly a resident owner engaged with the affairs of the scheme, and that would most likely be a resident committee member..
Have you any idea how we can communicate with other owners to get a meeting of the Owners corp happening? It seems they haven’t had one for at least a year..we only moved in June 2022 and know nothing. We have around 400 units in our block ..one of 4. we went to AGM in july – about 17 people there mostly either committee members or their partners.. Ariel
Hi Ariel
This article may assist and give you some ideas:
NSW: Q&A Can We Contact All Owners to Rally for a New Committee?
This article may also assist with tips on building community:
QLD: Know your owners and residents better, by creating community
Good luck!
Hello,we do live in a block of nine units in Maroubra,NSW.
We do have a strata manager ,but to save costs (up to 3 hours at $210 each!) we would like to do-if possible-
the strata hub registration and report ourselves .
Could you please let us know the relevant cut off dates,as information is not clear : one article tells us
to report by this September the latest, another one mentions end of June 2023 the latest.
We would appreciate your help immensely.
Cheers bernd
Hi Bernd
Thanks for your question. We provided a response in the article above.