Strata Building Defects and Part 11 Protections for Strata Owners
We have previously written an article about the new duty of care protection in favour of property and strata owners, which is available under the new Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 NSW (DBPA). Basically, it establishes a new duty of care against various building practitioners, retrospectively, covering losses arising from the last 10 years or so. However, that is not the only remedy available (of course). The issue of building defects have been around for a very long time and the legislation have been changing constantly, especially for strata buildings and it involves a myriad of legislation and laws. And that’s why those poor people at Opal and Mascot Towers were tearing their hair out when all those defects came into light. In passing, it is somewhat of a cold comfort to those at Mascot Towers, understanding that various defects were pre-existing at least since 2012 and structural defects still appear to remain. [...]
