Strata FAQ

127+ plain-English answers for Australian lot owners and committees — fees, meetings, by-laws, repairs, insurance, disputes and changing managers.

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Strata basics — Plain-English answers to the most common 'what is strata?' questions.
Owners corporation & committee — How owners, committees, chairs, secretaries and treasurers actually work.
Choosing & switching managers — How to find, compare and switch to a better strata manager.
Terminating a manager — How to switch strata managers cleanly — notice, handover and your rights.
Fees, levies & budgets — How strata levies, special levies, arrears and budgets actually work.
AGMs, EGMs & voting — How strata meetings, notices, quorum, voting and proxies work.
By-laws & rules — Pets, parking, noise, renovations, smoking and short-term lets.
Repairs & maintenance — Who pays for what when something breaks in a strata building.
Strata insurance — Building, public liability, office bearers and contents — what's covered and what's not.
Disputes & complaints — How to escalate disputes with managers, neighbours and the committee.
Buying into strata — What to check before you buy an apartment, unit or townhouse.
State differences — How NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT and NT strata law differs.
How we work — How Local Strata Manager makes money, ranks managers, distributes leads and stays independent.