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Trouble with ten year contracts is in the fine print also these Companies put onerous inflation percentages higher than the cpi in it. Glad I got out.

Love your job not the money, I take pride in my buildings looking great.

Great interview

Thank you so much for this podcast, you've raised some good points to help me in my upcoming mediation about remedying the concrete cancer in my apartment which has been an ongoing battle with my strata management company for the last 3 years.

Strata is not good for young families. Don’t try and sugarcoat it. But it is forced on young families unfortunately.

Take note: I have heard of people taking contemporaneous notes. I would not argue to record then make contemporaneous notes from those recordings. This would be illegal wouldn’t it? But later, if minutes from, for example a general meeting were lies and the recording proved you were right and the Strata supplied minutes were incorrect ie a lie, then you have a defence to record. Stupid law I know. Discussion anyone.

I, in NSW, was recorded without my knowledge by a lot owner. The lot owner was behind a garage (perforated) door and it was dark on the inside but bright on the outside where I was standing. The lot owner published the audio by submitting it to NCAT. I complained to Police once I was aware as I had the evidence from the NCAT submitted evidence. The nsw police said to me the lot owner was on her own property and so was legally entitled to do so. Perhaps a distinction needs to be drawn how the audio was recorded either on common property or a lot owners own property. This person also tried to bait me knowing I didn’t know I was being recorded. My wife and I are so glad we are out of strata. Yippee. 😊

Section 7, Surveillance Devices Act 2017 NSW: www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sda2007210/s7.html

If the builder owns a percentage of the building, then your method of termination fails.

Do you have actual owners going through problems with their Strata? You can get lots of more of views if you did this and become a platform. I predicted this and I predict it will be regulated as Strata do not understand building engineering (such as concrete cancer and noise and vibrational impact) and have no knowledge to rectify anything and are dealing with people’s health and safety. I told this to SCA and they laughed to me now whose laughing one year later

Twenty questions to ask your strata manager. Very important: Get it in writing.

A dysfunctional Owners Committee will always get a Strata Management Company to represent them because Strata Management Companies do not share the knowledge about dysfunctional Committees between themselves. Nor will they act on this information if they had knowledge of it. Obvious. Strata is a lost cause in my opinion based on my education, knowledge and experience. ( ie Expert)

The first time I did a record/email search uncovered libellous ( in my opinion) and derogatory personal attacks from Owners Committee members. No corroboration or right of reply was sought from the accused (me). As such I downloaded all the rotten personal attack emails at the time. 3 months later i did another search and these earlier emails were moved to a different folder which could not be accessed to me. When I complained to the Strata Manager about having a right of reply, they said it was client/business owner privilege and so was allowed to be accepted even without a right of reply because I didn’t know about the personal attack accusations. It was a case of the Owners Committee majority and the Strata Committee were hand in glove. So so so glad I am now out of strata. 😊

The people you talk to don’t respect the strata committee, why don’t they ask the Treasurer or Secretary to get the information they require, or pay the set fee and search them themselves.

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These fines issued. Did they go directly to the victims family? Bet it didn’t. So can the family sue these entities for pain and suffering and loss of income. I would like to know.

Our newly switched strata agency is a client of them. Although they are free to switch and our saving was roughly $360 but our strata agent charge us a $150 admin fee! Which makes the switch insignificant. And they only deals with strata agency not individual owners corporations. Apparently they are aware of it. So at the end of day, the deal isn’t very attractive.

Strata title housing should be illegal

The premise of this video/question is that Owners Corporations are acting in good faith. Trouble is, in a lot of cases OC members form a tribe and don’t conform to logical debate. Then they try and shut you down just because they do not like you. Talk about dysfunctional OC’s. So glad I’m not in Strata.

On the other hand I, when I was in Strata as a lot owner, the Owners Corporation brought in a By-Law that was a Nuisance ByLaw ( for me specifically only) that tried to stop anyone from contacting or talking to Trades/contractors. Because in my case after talking to The Contractor directly I found out the job was paid for by the Owners Corporation but in reality should have been paid for by the individual lot owner. So the Owners Corporation tried to shut me out because I was saving the OC money. It works both ways. Go figure. So so glad I’m not in Strata.

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Can you put a link to the ABC program? Is that possible.

I had a Member( female ) telling me at an NCAT hearing to stop raising my voice. The Applicants were two older women. I told the Member this was my normal voice level when talking. The Member couldn’t say anything due to my answer as this would have been discriminatory to the Respondent -me. Lol. I won the argument and I won the case.

Strata is not obligated to install cctv. Just like neighbours/ owners can’t insist on a 6 foot dividing fence when the dividing fences act only requires a 5 foot fence. The same thought process relates to alarm systems. The owner’s corporation is not obliged to install alarm systems but can ask the owners. Common sense.

Peaceful enjoyment. My example: kids cars with bells and radios causing excessive noise on common property driveway most evenings. Wife of kids complained to NCAT, expecting me to provide evidence. I ignored the complaint because I did not initiate the noise complaint. Result: The complainant withdrew the complaint 24 hours prior to hearing as I had not complained. This woman was a University admin worker who thought she knew the law. After this incident my wife and I sold our strata property and bought a Torrens Title property. Best decision ever. P.S. strata manager and strata committee were no help and sided with the complainant. Takeaway: strata is not a great situation for 1. Children or 2. Older adults who want peace and quiet.

Amanda, we definitely care about the interest rate we pay or receive....wish it was explained fully....

The best fire safety thing you can do in strata is to……….Get Out of Strata. Problem solved.

Wonder how many owners sold their property prior to monies being garnered.

Just put a clothesline on the balcony. Don’t worry about the $500 leather jacket left on common property for a criminal to steal it? Don’t think so.

The saying shouldn’t be called Building Neglect. People should call it, Committee members/Owners Corporation neglect.

Thanks , easy to follow breakdown of key points. More from the hot AI guy 😂

One of the biggest issues I had when I lived in Strata was exactly that. Vested interests. Whether that be a Company who has multiple voting rights or a group of individuals that are just vexatious and bandy together. Great explanation by A.I. You’ll be out of a job soon Amanda.

What’s the case no?

It’s often the committee members didn’t want to keep records to get away with doing the wrong things. Agreed that there should be something to regulate both strata managers and committee members as well.

It is bad enough in Strata decisions when you are up against “Individual” lot owners that are biased and or ignorant in the decision making process. But it is even worse when a majority of lot owners are a combined entity or corporation, example Owner 55’s complex that have hidden or not so hidden agendas. Example increasing Strata levies year on year to indirectly force owners to sell at a fire sale price. I have been involved in a situation like this. My advice: Get Out Of Strata Whilst you Can. Or better still, don’t buy into Strata. Good luck to everyone in Strata. You will need it.

Aww, I always feel bad for the next door neighbours. My son plays video games into the night and when he has his window open, you can hear it! When I see it, I make him shut it. Too bad your remote doesn’t do anything for computer games.

That’s great advice and it works well when ( all things being equal) common sense prevails. But…..when multiple (and a majority) Committee members hate you, time to sell and buy Torrens Title.

With vaping now taking over from cigarettes. It is very, very easy to obscure the vape and the process. Evidence needs to be collected and it will be nigh on impossible to enforce prosecution if the vapourer is smart enough.

Lots of comments coming in? Not on the U-tube feed.

Thank you so much for your podcasts. Valuable info and relevant links inclusive! Love your work, from one strata secretary who is trying to educate myself on behalf of our owners and tenants alike...

Always make sure if you can to get an odd number on the Committee so a decision can always be decided ( all unit sizes being equal)

The inner strength comes from past life incarnations. Fyi.

The three reasons for joining a Strata Committee is threefold 1. To make sure money is spent when it needs to be spent and 2. To make sure money ( when it is spent) is not wasted or spent efficiently. 3. To make sure ( if possible) that if decisions are made they to not adversely affect me.

Great guest thank you.

In my experience the biggest problem is that Strata Committees are what I call “Decentralised” in that every Strata complex is a stand alone microcosm. So, every unit/townhouse complex needs to stand alone on its own feet so to speak. So, every committee needs to Reinvent the wheel, which makes every Strata Committee and Strata management complicated because every 10 years or so there is a brand new dynamic of all the stakeholders. This is the opposite of a Centralised system which in my vernacular is Torrens title. With a Committee- every person in that committee has either an agenda or a personal individual preference which clouds their collective judgment because they have a personal/ individual judgment based on bias and non experience.

Legislation please. Now. Chris Minns do you hear me? Lol

Funny; I have searched the world wide web far and wide and for the life of me I can’t find a Torrens Title podcast. Hence the problems of Strata versus Torrens Title. Get out while you can!

Are you willing to pay more? Common sense answer is; I will pay the Market Price.

The Strata Manager should disclose any Conflict of Interest….and in my case ( when I lived in Strata) was the Conflict of Interest relating to the Strata Manager and the Strata Committee. Yes you heard me correctly. In my case the Strata Manager did everything the Committee wanted to keep the on-going contract to the detriment of ALL owners. Have you thought of that topic? I can give you an example if you like. Just reach out to me.

I have noisy neighbors and they're driving me crazy it's loud rap music at all times of the day and night I talked to the landlady and she won't do anything about it unless the Noisy Neighbor receives a citation from the police the problem is he has a camera on his outside door and when he sees the police come he turns it down when he sees them leave he turns it up even louder than he had it the police say if we can't hear it we can't write a citation so this means the tenant is creating a Non-Stop noise problem by using a camera to know when the cops come and go I have tried to find another place to live but that's easier said than done not only because of a housing crisis but also rising rent rates besides that if you do find somewhere to move to you might move Into a place that's worse