Why WA needs its own book
Western Australia overhauled its strata law on 1 May 2020, the biggest change in more than twenty years. Treat anything written before 2020 with suspicion.
Built strata or survey-strata? The difference decides who owns your roof.
What's inside
- What your council of owners can decide, and what belongs to the strata company
- Built strata or survey-strata, the difference that decides who owns your roof
- Reserve funds and ten-year maintenance plans, compulsory at ten or more lots
- The thirty-minute quorum rule, and electronic voting that actually works
- Governance versus conduct by-laws, and the fairness test by-laws must pass
- Why exclusive use of a car bay needs a by-law or a SAT order, not a long-standing habit
- The written conflict disclosure the Act now requires of you
- Short-term rental: the STRA Register, the 90-night rule, and what your by-laws can do
- Scheme termination, and why SAT must be satisfied every owner gets market value
- How to conduct yourself on a council, the part no legislation covers
Plain English throughout, with checklists, a glossary, worked conversations and ready-to-adapt wording for motions, minutes and contractor briefs. General information only, not legal advice.