About the September 2025 edition
The September 2025 edition of The NSW Strata Magazine focuses on building maintenance, remediation, and AGM preparation for NSW strata schemes. Key topics include concrete spalling remediation, slip hazard obligations, special levy imposition, and the new strata manager fair contract rules. The edition also covers NCAT payment processes, committee member removal procedures, and the classification of renovation works as cosmetic, minor, or major.
- How are levy defaults handled when funding major building repairs? – Lannock Strata Finance
- What can an OC do if a lot owner repeatedly causes water damage to another lot? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- What can lot owners do if the owners corporation refuses to fix a slip hazard? – Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
- How to choose the right contractor for concrete spalling remediation – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- What is the correct process for paying a lot owner under an NCAT decision? – Hugh McCormack, McCormacks Strata Management
- Does altering the surface finish of common property need special approval? – Mark Louis, Vital Strata Management
- How can owners corporations prepare for repairs to areas they can't inspect regularly? – Marcus Munstermann and Craig Welsh, QIA Group
- AGM season is right around the corner – Tender Advisory
- Do both owners need to attend an AGM in a two-lot scheme? – Tim Sara, Strata Choice
- Common missteps in remediation projects (and how to avoid them) – PASG
- Do term deposits need to be with the strata manager's bank? – Matthew Faulkner, Matthew Faulkner Accountancy PTY LTD
- Can maintenance responsibility be shifted from the owners corporation to owners? – Tim Sara, Strata Choice
- Do the new strata manager fair contract rules apply to existing agreements? – Julia Moroz, Bugden Allen
- Someone's made an offer to buy my strata management business - what do I do? – Strata Business Brokers
- What situations allow for the imposition of a special levy in strata? – Sean Bermingham, The Strata Collective
- Would a home gym be considered cosmetic, minor or major work? – Jana Antelmann, Strata Life
- Can a strata committee limit a member's participation before removing them? – Nathan Clarke, Hunter Strata Management
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