About the June 2025 edition
The June 2025 edition of The NSW Strata Magazine focuses on building maintenance, strata legislative reform, and financial governance for NSW schemes. Key topics include concrete cancer repair and inspection reporting, by-law reviews in light of recent NSW strata legislation changes, EV charging infrastructure challenges, and the risks of cost-plus builder agreements. The edition also addresses AGM management challenges, commercial by-law restrictions, fire safety system pressure issues, and the true cost of forgoing professional project management.
- Initiating action quickly when faced with an urgent issue – Michael Kleinschmidt, Bugden Allen Group Legal
- Leading the way in strata funding – Lannock Strata Finance
- Are cost-plus agreements like giving the builder a blank cheque? – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- Navigating strata insurance options when you have a high-risk commercial tenant – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- When a chairperson acts alone – Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
- Overcoming limit of supply for EV charging in a 60s apartment block – Charlie Richardson, NOX Energy
- Whose finances take priority in a payment plan dispute? – Matthew Lo, Kerin Benson Lawyers
- Low water pressure causing AFSS issues: What are our strata's options? – Rob Broadhead, 2020 Fire Protection
- Someone's made an offer to buy my strata management business: what do I do? – Strata Business Brokers
- Dealing with frivolous repair requests and excessive communication – Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
- Think you're saving? Why skipping a project manager could cost more – PASG Projects
- With the changes to strata legislation in NSW, should we review our by-laws? – Matthew Lo, Kerin Benson Lawyers
- Holding our AGM despite an obstructive owner – Rod Smith, The Strata Collective
- Can by-laws validly prohibit a lot owner from operating or leasing to a specific industry in a commercial strata warehouse? – Shane Williamson, Williamson Lawyers Pty Ltd
- How to repair concrete cancer – Sam Hogg, PASG Projects
- Will a strata inspection report provide information about concrete issues in the building? – Michael Ferrier, EYEON Property Inspections