2024’s Electricity Agreements: Maximizing Benefits from Bulk Energy Tenders amidst Escalating Energy Prices 2024 Energy Price Increases Recently, energy prices have continued to rise sharply, both globally and in Australia. The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have worsened this trend. Additionally, local factors since May 2023, such as frequent […]
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Blog post updated on 5/12/2022 Strata Annual Reporting – Commences 30 June 2022 NSW Government is in the process of developing a digital hub to “revolutionise strata management”. The Strata Hub will be a central point of information on NSW’s 82,000 strata schemes. Information held on the Strata Hub will increase transparency and access to […]
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Pets in Strata – Yes or No? The question “should a Strata Scheme allow animals” is one of the more divisive topics among committees and owners. We have seen interesting case law regarding pets in the past few years which created uncertainty in the industry and tribunal. To clear this up, on 25th August 2021, […]
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Strata Life – Striving for a more professional Strata Sector. As a member of Strata Community Association (SCA NSW) the foremost professional body in the Strata Industry, Strata Life are proud to advise that the NSW Government under the Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, Kevin Anderson, and the Professional Standards Council of NSW have […]
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Mask Wearing Required in the Common Property From Tuesday 13 July 2021 you must wear a fitted face mask when you are in an indoor area of common property in a residential building that is: strata titled community titled or company titled. You do not need to wear a mask inside your own apartment. Common […]
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Welcome to Strata Life, an exciting Northern Beaches strata company with decades of experience and offering tailored strata management services personalised to each client’s unique requirements. The team at Strata Life are excited to announce the opening of our new Northern Beaches strata management office in Freshwater, near Manly. The increasing number of Northern Beaches […]
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It is likely your unit or townhouse does not have an individual water meter as most apartment buildings in NSW have only one main meter. This is due to it not being a requirement for new developments until 2014. Monitoring usage in strata buildings For those buildings with only one master water meter, costs are […]
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Dec
Noise and strata. Do you have problems with noise in a residential strata scheme? Noise is a concern for many people in strata buildings and community associations and is one of the most common complaints when people are living in close proximity. Time restrictions regarding noise in strata Time restrictions on residential activities are determined […]
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Information about NSW level 2 water restrictions on strata buildings. Water restrictions commencing December 2019. Level two water restrictions which will apply to residents living in the Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains and Illawarra Regions will be enforced from 10th December 2019. This has been triggered by the expectation that dam levels around Sydney and Illawarra […]
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The ‘Kids Don’t Fly’ safety campaign, an initiative of Kids Health, the Child Health Promotion Unit at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead states that approximately 50 children per year fall from windows or balconies in Australia. Unfortunately, this results with many children being seriously injured and sometimes even resulting in death. In 2010 across NSW, 34 […]
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