285 Merrylands Road Merrylands
SP 69008 Merrylands Cumberland New South Wales
Verdict
Public record: 2 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- $27,800
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.
- $3,700
Tribunal and legal costs
Indicative per-lot share of tribunal and legal costs in a strata dispute (NCAT). Scaled for: 2 matters.
Litigation · 2 matters
Ian Jones v The Owners Strata Plan No 69008 [2018] NSWCA 272
Costs and procedure NSWCA 15 November 2018
APPEAL – leave to appeal – interlocutory order striking out solicitor’s claim to recover legal costs referable to period
Jones v The Owners Strata Plan No. 69008 [2017] NSWDC 430
Costs and procedure NSWDC 17 November 2017
COSTS – Action by a solicitor to recover costs – Solicitor did work for defendant from February 2009 to 8 July 2010 and rendered a bill – No costs agreement in existence until 9 July 2010 when solicitor commenced doing further work for defendant, after having delivered a costs agreement which could be accepted by conduct – Defendant paid for work covered by fee agreement for work done after 9 July 2010 – Application by defendant for dismissal of claim
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 25 February 2010
- Non-structural cover
- Ran to 25 February 2010
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 | 2 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.