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Queensland unit dwellers could be barred from smoking on balconies after landmark decision

2022-01-27T13:48:03+11:00

20 JANUARY 2022 OCN talks to Dee Dee at 3AW about the news that Queenslanders living in apartments could be prevented from smoking on their balconies after a "game changing" decision to ban one unit owner from doing so after a complaint from an upstairs neighbour. The Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management's adjudicator ordered that the eighth-floor owner must no longer smoke tobacco products on the [...]

Queensland unit dwellers could be barred from smoking on balconies after landmark decision2022-01-27T13:48:03+11:00

This Sydney strata nightmare started as a power struggle — then the police were called

2021-11-30T15:59:17+11:00

27 November 2021 It's the stuff of Sydney strata nightmares: a cracking building, an expensive repair bill and an owners' meeting that got so heated the police turned up. The drama started in the basement of the Vicinity apartment towers in Canterbury earlier this month, when owners couldn't agree over who should be put in charge of managing the affairs of the troubled apartment block. Read article, watch TV clip: > This [...]

This Sydney strata nightmare started as a power struggle — then the police were called2021-11-30T15:59:17+11:00

NSW Strata Hub

2023-10-08T18:16:21+11:00

OCN strongly supports, in fact requested, the establishment of a strata register to capture core scheme information and enable the NSW government to communicate with, gain insight into, and support this fast growing housing sector.

NSW Strata Hub2023-10-08T18:16:21+11:00

Cracks in the System

2021-11-30T16:09:48+11:00

18 November 2021 It's every home buyer's nightmare - moving into an apartment only to discover serious construction defects. Watch ABC 7.30 Report of 18/11/21: > https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2101H184S00 (0 – 8.0 min).

Cracks in the System2021-11-30T16:09:48+11:00

NSW apartments: New defects insurance scheme to protect off-the-plan buyers

2021-10-25T09:53:40+11:00

23 October 2021 Dodgy developers and bad builders who construct shoddy apartment towers that can lead to heartbreak and financial ruin for home-buyers are set to be driven out of NSW with a ground-breaking new defects insurance scheme. The DLI advisory panel comprises insurance experts, developers, financiers, strata bodies and the apartments consumer representative, the Owners Corporation Network (OCN). OCN executive officer Karen Stiles said members were excited by the news [...]

NSW apartments: New defects insurance scheme to protect off-the-plan buyers2021-10-25T09:53:40+11:00

NSW Home Building Act

2023-10-08T18:16:27+11:00

In NSW, the emphasis on increasingly tall and more complex apartment buildings to house a growing population demands that only the most suitably qualified professionals are permitted to undertake this work. However failures in the regulatory system and in the construction industry have led to systemic defects in high rise apartment buildings.  The protection of consumers through the delivery of high quality, sustainable homes is of paramount public importance.

NSW Home Building Act2023-10-08T18:16:27+11:00

NSW a trailblazer in ‘outing’ apartment defects

2021-10-25T09:46:28+11:00

22 October 2021 You’d be forgiven for thinking high-rise apartment blocks are crumbling like soggy Tim Tams all over NSW while the rest of Australia’s unit blocks are pristine monuments to better building practises. But, bad as things are in Sydney, it may look worse there than anywhere else because issues have been exposed and are being addressed. In NSW, the Owners Corporation Network has plugged away on the defects front for almost [...]

NSW a trailblazer in ‘outing’ apartment defects2021-10-25T09:46:28+11:00

Building defects in strata units robbing buyer’s future

2021-10-18T14:57:32+11:00

17 October 2021 Stephen Goddard, spokesperson for the Owners Corporation Network, discuss his recent SMH opinion piece about the dangers of building defects in residential strata schemes with Michael McLaren on Overnight with Michael McLaren. Mr Goddard wrote, ‘For some time now it has been a self-evident truth that new residential strata schemes can be plagued with building defects which are left for a new owners’ corporation to fix.’ ‘The defect [...]

Building defects in strata units robbing buyer’s future2021-10-18T14:57:32+11:00

National Construction Code 2022

2023-10-08T18:16:33+11:00

OCN made a submission on the proposed amendments by the Australian Building Codes Board to energy efficiency and condensation technical provisions, seeking earlier construction and operation of Net Zero Emission buildings, that are ready for the unavoidable impacts of climate change and that are built to ensure the health and wellbeing of their occupants.

National Construction Code 20222023-10-08T18:16:33+11:00

Building defects in strata units: unstoppable force meets immovable object

2021-10-18T15:03:03+11:00

15 October 2021 An owner in a new apartment tower at Canterbury said yesterday: “We took a risk buying into a new apartment, but we didn’t realise it would be this kind of risk.” The alleged risk in question is the possible need to evacuate due to structural instability. For some time now it has been a self-evident truth that new residential strata schemes can be plagued with building defects which [...]

Building defects in strata units: unstoppable force meets immovable object2021-10-18T15:03:03+11:00
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