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Who’s Responsible Guide
A guide to common property in strata
The Who’s Responsible Guide is SCA (NSW)’s comprehensive overview of ‘is it the Owner or Owners Committee’s responsibility for maintaining common items found within a building’.
7 sessions you won’t want to miss at Convention 26
Convention 26 is just under three weeks away and the program is packed with ideas, insights and experiences designed for the people shaping the future of strata. From three thought-provoking keynotes to practical sessions tackling the real challenges facing strata professionals, this year’s program has something for everyone — whether you’re leading a business, managing schemes, navigating risk or looking for new ways to work and connect. Here are seven sessions we think you won’t want to miss. 1. Shaping What Comes Next: Leading Through Change, Innovation and Opportunity Gus Balbontin The ultimate disruptor, Gus Balbontin will challenge you to […]
Publication of Strata Hub data
Earlier this year, SCA (NSW) raised concerns with NSW Fair Trading on behalf of many members regarding the public availability and unintended use of detailed contact information available through the Strata Manager Finder. These concerns related to the use of this data for unsolicited marketing, business development activities, and its aggregation by AI and commercial data-mining platforms. In response, NSW Fair Trading has implemented several changes to enhance data security and address these concerns. The AGM date and strata manager name are now only accessible via the Strata Hub login, search activity has been limited to 10 plans per month, […]
The Cost of Doing Nothing: A Strata Owner’s Guide to Building Maintenance
As a strata owner, you may not be on the committee or involved in the day-to-day decisions about how your building is managed. But you have a direct financial stake in those decisions. One of the areas where the consequences show up most visibly over time is building maintenance. Painting and maintenance are easy to defer. They are not urgent in the way a burst pipe or lift breakdown is urgent. But deferred maintenance has a habit of becoming expensive maintenance. And when costs escalate, it is owners who foot the bill through levies. What Happens When Maintenance Gets Pushed […]