31 Shortland Esplanade Newcastle East
SP 75975 Newcastle East Newcastle 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.
Low- $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
McElwaine v The Owners - Strata Plan 75975 [2017] NSWCA 239
Other NSWCA 20 September 2017
REAL PROPERTY — Strata title — General matters — whether Ch 5 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) has the effect of excluding a claim for common law damages — construction of s 226 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) — whether appellant has a right or remedy arising “apart from this Act” — whether appellant’s right to sue at common law is preserved by s 226
McElwaine v The Owners – Strata Plan No 75975 [2016] NSWSC 1589
Nuisance and behaviour NSWSC 10 November 2016
STRATA SCHEMES – Application for strike out – Whether Strata Schemes Management Act operates so that plaintiff has no remedy in common law nuisance
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 16 December 2012
- Non-structural cover
- Ran to 16 December 2012
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.