Apartment dwellers need to be extra vigilant in common areas and not touch surfaces given current confusion about strata cleaning issues. Body corporates of unit blocks still had no idea which contractors could and couldn’t attend sites for work such as cleaning and that the situation was now ‘critical’ given many cleaners are currently stretched…
Articles by Amanda Farmer
Amanda is a strata lawyer with over 17 years’ experience advising owners, communities, managers and developers. Amanda is the owner of Lawyers Chambers, a boutique legal practice in Sydney, focussed entirely on strata and community title law. Since 2016, Amanda has hosted the Your Strata Property podcast, dedicated to demystifying the legal complexities of apartment living.
New rules regarding the mandatory wearing of masks inside apartment blocks are set to cause widespread confusion unless out-of-date government information is updated according to a leading strata law expert. From this week it is now mandatory for anyone indoors on residential strata common property in Greater Sydney to wear a mask. If they fail…
With a growing number of new-build apartments plagued by defects such as unstable walls and leaky ceilings and many older apartments literally on shaky ground, it’s more important than ever that potential apartment buyers inspect strata records before signing a purchase contract. In my experience, about 90 per cent of potential buyers do not bother…