‘Completely blindsided’: new owners of strata properties shocked by special levies
Buyers across Australia say they have received huge bills for urgent maintenance work that were not clearly indicated before purchase
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About three months after Jake* and his partner bought their apartment in Sydney, they faced an unexpected bill of more than $100,000. It was a special levy for major repairs needed to fix problems with the building’s waterproofing, but it was not flagged in the strata report or the previous year’s annual meeting minutes that had informed their decision to buy the apartment.
“We did our due diligence, everything we were advised to do,” says Jake, who has taken on another job to pay off the levy at $10,000 a month.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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