About the October 2025 edition
The October 2025 edition of The NSW Strata Magazine covers a broad spectrum of strata legal, financial, and management topics for NSW schemes. Key themes include committee composition and dysfunction, levy payment processes and special levy authority, fire safety obligations, and accessibility rights for lot owners. The edition also examines strata management contract reviews, by-law breach escalation to NCAT, defect reporting before warranty expiry, and values-driven hiring practices for strata management teams.
- Can an owner of two lots elect themselves and a proxy to the committee? – Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
- Leading the way in strata funding – Lannock Strata Finance
- Who covers costs when floorboards are damaged due to delayed common property repairs? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Does the owners corporation have to replace a deteriorated fire-rated entry door? – Mark Louis, Vital Strata Management
- How are late strata levy payments and interest applied under the Act? – Nathan Clarke, Hunter Strata Management
- Are fire protection window screens maintained by the owners corporation or lot owners? – Hugh McCormack, McCormacks Strata Management
- What happens if owners cannot agree on the size of the strata committee at an AGM? – Tim Sara, Strata Choice
- Values-Driven Hiring & Induction: How simple hiring and induction systems minimise bad hires and set new team members up to thrive – Property Recruitment Partners
- Can a strata manager issue a special levy without a general meeting of owners? – Jana Antelmann, Strata Life
- Can a strata scheme block an owner from building an accessibility ramp? – Matthew Lo, Kerin Benson Lawyers
- Is an owners corporation's ABN number required to set up a bank account? – Tim Sara, Strata Choice
- The importance of building a strong relationship with your project manager – PASG Projects
- Is appointing a compulsory strata manager the solution to committee dysfunction? – Megan Parkins, Tender Advisory
- Someone's made an offer to buy my strata management business - what do I do? – Strata Business Brokers
- What is the correct process before escalating a by-law breach to NCAT? – Sean Bermingham, The Strata Collective
- Is it common to get a complete defect report before the building's warranty period expires? – Sam Hogg, PASG Projects
- Should a strata management contract be reviewed before its expiry date? – Julia Moroz, Bugden Allen
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