13-15 Francis Street Dee Why
SP 64757 Dee Why Northern Beaches New South Wales
Verdict
Public record: 3 tribunal matters, no building-work orders. A reasonable pre-screen, but not the full picture, the financials and minutes that decide the purchase are in the report, not the registers. Read it, and obtain a section 184 strata search, before you bid.
Cost exposure
Indicative, itemised estimate of what one average lot here could face, built only from this scheme's public-record signals. Indicative ranges, not this building's actual figures, and not financial advice.
Elevated- $28,400
Serious building-defect rectification
Indicative per-lot serious-defect rectification levies (NSW Serious Defects in Residential Apartments research report, 2021; strata special-levy reporting). Scaled for: 1 matter.
- $4,300
Tribunal and legal costs
Indicative per-lot share of tribunal and legal costs in a strata dispute (NCAT). Scaled for: 3 matters.
Litigation · 3 matters
The Owners – Strata Plan No 64757 v Sydney Remedial Builders Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 85
Costs and procedure NSWCA 19 April 2024
APPEALS — leave to appeal — interlocutory decisions — adoption of report by referee — leave to appeal refused BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION — Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) — whether application brought out of time — construction of s 3B – distinction between “completion” and “practical completion”
The Owners Strata Plan 64757 v Sydney Remedial Builders Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 1127
Building defects NSWSC 18 September 2023
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION — builder retained to repair defects caused by original builder — whether proceedings for breach of statutory warranty commenced within 7 years after completion of work — s18E, Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) — date of completion of work — s3B, Home Building Act — legislative history – distinction between completion and practical completion – meaning of “completion” — interaction between s3B(2) and (3). REFEREE — separate question — whether to adopt report — error of law i
Owners Corporation Strata Plan 64757 v MJA Group Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 236
Other NSWCA 16 August 2011
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION- Home Building Act 1989, ss 18C and 18E- s 18C imposes a contract for the work between developer and successor in title- what are the terms of that notional contract- is one cause of action only created- what is meant by "completion of the work" in s 18E- when completion of the work occurred is a question of fact properly found by the primary judge. STATUTORY INTERPRETATION- Civil Liability Act 2002, s 34- whether a claim under s 18C of the Home Building Act 1989 is an a
Decisions naming this scheme, from NSW Caselaw (NCAT and the courts). The quoted line beneath each is the decision's own catchwords; the topic tag is our grouping of those words. Whether a matter helped or hurt the scheme is not assessed here.
Statutory-warranty outlook
- Structural cover
- Likely expired · est. expiry 7 March 2008
- Non-structural cover
- Ran to 7 March 2008
A single 7-year warranty period applies because the scheme was registered before the 1 February 2012 reform. Estimated from the registration date, not the completion date or building contract, so treat the dates as indicative.
Evidence ledger
Registry-backed record: matched to a scheme on the register by its plan number.
| Checked | Found | Match | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registry and parcel | NSW Strata Hub, with geometry | Direct | Awaiting first run |
| Governance: AGM, managing agent, annual reporting | Not yet checked | Not matched | Not harvested here yet |
| Litigation: NCAT and courts | 3 matters | Direct | 28 June 2026 |
| Levies and financials | Not yet checked | Not matched | Not in the public record |
| Defects and building-work orders | Checked, none found | Direct | 28 June 2026 |
| Fund balances, current levies, minutes, defects not yet litigated | Not on the public record | Not matched | Never in the public record |
What was checked, what it found, how strong the match, and when each source last ran. A source that has not run here yet reads as not checked, never as checked and clear.