About the May 2025 edition
The May 2025 edition of The NSW Strata Magazine addresses upcoming legislative change, defect management, and practical governance challenges for NSW strata schemes. Key topics include preparing for the Strata Schemes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, by-law registration and enforcement, EV charger installation approvals, and remedial works navigation. The edition also covers evacuation plan obligations, building management committee structures, pedestal paving water issues, and strategies for overcoming client objections in strata inspections.
- Delays with defects cost money. How to foster a sense of urgency – Michael Allen, Bugden Allen Group Legal
- Who is responsible for registering by-law changes? – Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
- Can our self-managed strata get a commission rebate from the insurance broker? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- What if an owner wants to install an EV charger in their car space? – Charlie Richardson, NOX Energy
- Approval to install an automatic bollard in a disability parking space – Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
- Incidence of pedestal paving hiding water issues – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- Overcoming Client Objections: Insights from QIA Group's Inspectors for Strata Managers – QIA Group
- Can owners do a letterbox drop to remind residents of our smoking by-law? – Warwick van Ede, JS Mueller & Co Lawyers
- What can I do now to prepare for the Strata Schemes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025? – Matthew Lo, Kerin Benson Lawyers
- Always give the committee a decision to make – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Who ensures payment does not exceed the quote? – Rod Smith, The Strata Collective
- If windows are dirty after a roof clean, who is responsible for the cleaning? – James Delany, Alliance Management Services
- How can an OC effectively and promptly navigate remedial works? – Sam Hogg, PASG Projects
- Are we required to prepare and practice an evacuation plan? – Rob Broadhead, 2020 Fire Protection
- Can a building management committee be brought under the strata plan? – Matthew Jenkins, Bannermans Lawyers
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