About the September 2024 edition
The September 2024 edition of The NSW Strata Magazine covers strata governance, financial management, and legal compliance across a wide range of topics relevant to NSW schemes. Key themes include the financial implications of deferred maintenance, DBPA obligations for balcony door projects, strata business valuation factors, and insurance premium impacts from rectification works. The edition also addresses committee communication via WhatsApp, strata roll requirements, records storage obligations, and the tension between maintenance duties and financial constraints.
- The cost of not acting – Lannock Strata Finance
- Strata window and door projects under the DBPA. Fast fact sheet: Balcony doors – Windowline
- Do we need to formally seek approval to communicate with owners via email? – Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
- What information is required to update details on the strata roll? – Tim Sara, Strata Choice
- Is the multiplier just based on the management fees? – Strata Business Brokers
- The impact of rectification works on your strata insurance premium – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Compensation for use of common property and impact on unit entitlements – Moish Ekman, Ensure Group Property Valuers
- Should contractors provide a safe work method statement when working on the roof? – QIA Group
- For a strata business valuation, what has more financial weight? – David Lin, Strata Business Brokers
- Can our committee communicate and make decisions using a 'committee members only' WhatsApp group? – Matthew Jenkins, Bannermans Lawyers
- What do we do if the strata manager requests early termination? – Ben Ruddell, Tender Advisory
- Letterbox ownership, maintenance responsibility and strata by-laws – Rod Smith, The Strata Collective
- Is the strata manager required to supply detailed invoices for large payments? – Nathan Clarke, Hunter Strata Management
- Can lots in a duplex be individually insured? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- What are the statutory or regulatory controls on storage of strata scheme records? – Gerard Doyle, Bugden Allen Graham Lawyers
- Duty to maintain vs financial constraints – Adrian Mueller, JS Mueller & Co Lawyers