FAQ CATEGORY 01/07/22
What is my strata plan number?
The strata plan number is unique to your scheme and is created when your strata plan is registered with NSW Land Registry Services.
You’ll come across this regularly in your ownership of a strata unit. It’s the number on your levy notice, letters from your strata manager. If you don’t know it simply ask your strata manager.
Some strata schemes will have several strata plans if it was a staged development or another subdivision has been made to swap change car spaces between owners (this does happen!).
Strata Plan 40411 started as only 7 villas with Lots 8 – 20 development lots. It was developed in 15 Stages from 1991 to 2004 with the additional units shown in 16 separate strata plans
In cases like this there will only ever be one set of accounts, records and financials under the first stage plan.
Where can I park? - 16/06/22
Residents can only park in your assigned parking spaces (car space, carport, garage). Visitors can only use visitor parking spaces. No-one can use parking reserved for emergency vehicles. You need to check for signage indicating which parking spaces are reserved for visitors and any stated time limits. The owners corporation can use signs, security guards, key card systems or parking barriers to control parking on common property and can action against owners who break parking by-laws.
How to prepare for an upcoming AGM - 16/06/22
Important decisions are made at strata meetings, especially the annual general meeting. As an owner it is important to understand and get involved so you can have a say on issues that affect how you live as a group. The owners corporation must have at least one meeting every year, called an annual general meeting (AGM). AGMs important because this is where you discuss how your complex is running, and make decisions on how it's going to run over the year ahead. You’ll decide the budget, and therefore how much everyone will pay in levies, potentially approve quotes for major works and special levies and appoint a committee to help run the scheme during the year. General meetings are called [...]
