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I have a townhouse in a NSW regional city. 22 townhouses in total all single level and all either 2 or 3 bedrooms. Units of Entitlement are all quite similar – either 46 or 48. No pool, no lifts, just plenty of open space, so our main cost is gardening care – mainly lawn mowing and a little pruning in winter.
The townhouses are valued around the low $400,000 mark, depending on number of bedrooms, location of carport (either attached or in a “group of carports” not attached). As the property was built in the early 1980s, any interior renovation also affects the value.
Our levies are under $2200 per year, so about 0.5%. And we have adequate sinking funds, and the townhouses are well maintained.
Now, this is of little use to you except to say that the levies can vary quite dramatically between strata complexes.
“prerogative of the harlot”
Associating Strata Managers with harlots is insulting – to all harlots!
For my property, the commission is paid by the insurance company to the strata manager. If there was no commission paid, then the insurance might be cheaper. For me, the strata manager attends to all insurance claims and doesn’t charge any extra fees because they get the commission.
In what state is the property located? It may make a difference. I can give you feedback on NSW, based on my experience:
The water flow “compliance” is only needed if you intend to make the tenant pay for water usage. My tenant uses about $50 of water per year so I don’t bother making him pay, so I don’t need the compliance.
The smoke detectors must be inspected/tested each year. You can do it yourself but it required you to notify the tenant that you need access, and then you must keep a record of the test. My property manager arranges for this to be done “in bulk” by a reputable company. This costs me about $100 per year, and the company keeps the legally required records, and they replace the battery as well.
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I’d be interested to hear how that works. If my committee issues a Notice To Comply to prevent me rehearsing for the World Electric Ukelele Championships, isn’t that a decision they can make that adversely affects me?
Respectfully, I’d say that decision by the committee might just save your Ukelele from certain demise! You? maybe not!
(Sorry. It’s late and I’ve had a hectic week. Maybe I need to keep away from the PC and have a drink instead.)
May I suggest that, as others have said, you contact your council? Many have rules about “verge” gardening, particularly regarding to car parking. They often require the plant selection used allows a car that is parallel parked to still be able to open the kerbside doors and allow people to get in and out easily. This is mostly enforced in areas were there is a lot of street parking used and less so in the suburbs.
Newer versions of Microsoft Word (and maybe other products) can convert a PDF to editable Word format. It’s a standard feature of Word.
Buy why not just have the original document as Word, then create a PDF from that (again, a standard feature of Word). When changes are needed you just edit the original Word document then create a new PDF from that.
Lol. No-one has ever called me “hip”, “wired” or “connected”. I don’t use Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. So “old fashioned” may be a more appropriate description of me.
Sorry Jimmy, but I don’t listen to your podcasts because they are, well podcasts! (I don’t listen to any other podcasts either). Being a podcast means I have to listen to the whole thing, even those bits that don’t interest me. With a written piece I can skim read and just slow down and read the bits I want. I can get through a written piece in less than half the time of a podcast. But hey, that’s just me. As my American friends say, YMMV (YKMV just doesn’t have the same ring to it!)
Hi Jimmy,
On the old forum it was easy to see any new posts since my last login. They were marked with a NEW tag. And at the end of the forum topic list each of the topics with new posts were listed and marked with the NEW tag so it was easy to quickly see any new posts and go directly to them. I really miss this feature.
I can’t help you work out who should pay, but I can recommend a product called RootX. This kills the roots in the sewer line (and rather inexpensive). It probably won’t be a long term solution but may keep your sewer running until you can sort out who is responsible for repairs/replacement. I have a unit in an older complex with clay pipes. The RootX fixes most sewer issues we have.