Category: Daily Post

Strata Owner Apathy or Intentional Exclusion

For the majority of time that apartment living has existed, it has operated behind closed doors. But with the development of technology, smart phones and the shift to the right now mindset this can not continue. The engagement of owners into the operations of every strata building is required, or each strata manager and committee […]

Be Engaged – Property is Expensive

If you’re a committee member of any strata building you’re most likely making decisions on a multi million dollar asset. While I understand the committee members are simply volunteers and everyone is busy I recommend that all owners get a little bit engaged with their property investment with this simple list of must do’s for […]

Parking on Common Property NSW – how to stop it

parking on common property, strata parking

Car Parks are still one of those high value assets in a building. And as public transport isn’t about to have a generational change or will our major cities be inundated with driverless cars in the near future car parking will continue to be a problem, especially parking on common property. We all know this […]

Make Strata AirBnB your new best friend

Strata Short term letting sydney airbnb

[one-half-first] [/one-half-first] [one-half]With the future of Strata AirBnB short-term letting still unclear in Sydney I urge all committees to get themselves prepared for a world where Airbnb stays and Council don’t enforce local planning restrictions on short-term letting. Now short-term letting is deemed to be a negative for resident owners and the property price for the […]

How to keep strata levies low on a new development

Keeping strata levies low starts during construction and design, this is a simple guide with some of these elements that can be implemented to reduce the ongoing running costs of a building. I’ve broken these items into groups being a housing development, apartment block, industrial and townhouses. Some of these have limited environments where they […]

40 Applegum Crescent, Kellyville NSW 2155

strata development

This development at 40 Applegum Crescent is for a Residential Apartment Building complex consisting of two (2) x five (5) storey buildings containing seventy two (72) units with a basement car park for one hundred and sixty four (164) vehicles. After preparing a budget I estimate the average levy will be in the range of: Low […]

What is the Strata Committee’s job?

Strata committee

[one-half-first] [/one-half-first] [one-half] Despite everything you have heard the strata committee only has two jobs that they need to balance. Manage the expenses and levies of the strata building. Increase rental yield & market values at or above area averages. After all, if you have purchased an apartment that’s what you want. Achieve the, lowest […]

Creating a Strata Building Strategy for your Strata Building

Every committee and owners corporation has the responsibility to maintain and increase the return on investment if each owner. Every strata building or body corporate should be considered as a small business after all the smallest of buildings is worth a couple of million dollars. In the same way that a successful small business operates […]

Dual Dwelling Development Application NSW

[one-half-first]Welcome to the Purely Apartmemts database of coucil Development Applications for the development of dual living properties. This is an automated database that grows on a daily. If you want your own areas database click here. [/one-half-first] [one-half] [/one-half] May 2018 to Current Feb 2018 to May 2018 Oct 2017 to May 2018

AirBnB in Strata, staying or going?

airbnb in strata

[one-half-first] [/one-half-first] [one-half] Short-term accommodation with AirBnB in Strata apartment buildings is in the top 2 talking points for 2017 and will continue strongly into 2018. During 2017 it has become evident that the powers of strata and body corporate Committee’s to stop and prevent short-term letting with companies like AirBnB and Bookings.com, is weak. […]