The team at Whelan Property Group are pleased to announce the arrival of their newest team member, Luke Bowen. Luke comes from 5 years property experience and brings with him the skills required for our industry. Having managed properties all over the Sydney region, Luke is familiar with the different personalities the Strata Community consists of, and has developed techniques to achieve the required results of the

New environmental upgrade loans to Strata Buildings In long awaited legislation, commercial strata buildings and residential strata buildings (of more than 20 lots) will now be able to apply for ‘greening’ loans so that they can be retrospectively fitted with energy saving and efficiency measures. The Local Government Amendment (Environmental Upgrade Agreements) Act, which recently took effect, allows environme

Have you ever been faced with noisy neighbours? In particular, tenants? I’m sure many strata residents and Owners Corporations, would answer say, yes to this statement. Now, in a recent legal ruling, the owner is now responsible for their tenants/occupants. This is excellent news for Owners Corporation and Strata Managers. Finally, Owners are now responsible for the occupants they allow to rent/lease their apartm

With the recent reforms and release of the following act/regulation: • Residential Tenancies Act 2010 • Residential Tenancies Regulation 2010 The question asked, will this help in the management of an Owners Corporation? In short, maybe, one key feature, an agent/owner must now supply a copy of current by-laws enforce for the an Owners Corporation. Although agents were meant to supply this information in the p

Strata schemes Strata schemes are effectively small communities where the activities and attitudes of residents can have a significant impact on the satisfaction and enjoyment of others. Therefore, it is important to be aware of your responsibilities and obligations when you own or live in a strata unit. Whilst strata living can provide a friendly community style environment, it helps to remember that it is not the