The New South Wales government has passed legislation to prescribe when strata schemes are able to restrict lots from being used for short-term rental accommodation. The legislation provides that an owners corporation can prohibit short-term...
In a recent case one unlucky unit dweller has described the sound travelling from his upstairs neighbours as being subjected to a “booming sound”, “like a herd of elephants coming down at you” and “living...
Rising property prices have led to many purchasers pooling resources with friends and relatives to buy real estate. This can be a great wealth building strategy however it also has the potential to be a...
Most property owners have encountered a neighbour with overgrown trees, shadowing their property or impairing their views. Ideally a quick, friendly chat with the neighbour leads to the errant tree being pruned back to an...
Where residential building work has been completed and is found to be defective there is almost always a tension between the builder and the homeowner as to what should happen next. The builder is usually...
Torrens Title is based on the notion of ‘ownership by registration’. You register your ownership of land with NSW Land Registry Services (LRS). Basically, if you have properly registered yourself as the owner of land,...
Councils have broad ranging powers of access to private property under the Local Government Act 1993 (LG Act) (s 191), the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act)(s 119D), as well as the Protection...
