Booth Boorman Kiely Solicitors in Manly, New South Wales | Property lawyer

Booth Boorman Kiely Solicitors

Locality: Manly, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9221 1433

Address: Suite 2, Level 2, 37-39 the Corso 2096 Manly, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.boothbk.com/

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22.01.2022 NSW Legal information: In a residential lease in NSW if a landlord does not have your electricity separately metered then you are not required to pay for its usage. If you have paid for it you are entitled to a full refund from the time you started paying regardless of whether you used the electricity REF: sections 38 and 40 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and the case of Keen, Witchard v Piermont (tenancy) [2010] NSWCTTT (7 December 2012).

17.01.2022 NSW Legal information - Selling a property with a swimming pool or spa pool: From 29 April 2015 it will be compulsory for all home owners to register their pool and obtain a Certificate of Compliance before they can sell their home. A Certificate of Compliance certifies that the pool and its surrounding barrier complies with safety requirements. E.g. if your pool is not properly fenced you will have to rectify this. Applications for a Certificate of Compliance must be directe...d to your local council and the fees for obtaining same will vary. If you have an Occupation Certificate that is less than 3 years old and it authorises the use of the pool, this may be used in lieu of the Certificate of Compliance for the purposes of selling your property. If you live in a strata scheme, then it will be the responsibility of the Owners Corporation to ensure that a valid Certificate of Compliance is in place. Note: these new regulations also apply to landlords who lease their properties after 29 April 2015.

10.01.2022 NSW Legal information: If your neighbour asks you to contribute to a new fence and then serves you personally or via post with a notice under the Dividing Fences Act 1991 you are required to pay for one half of the costs. Note that you only have to pay for a basic fence, if you or your neighbour wish for the fence to be of better quality, higher or of a different grade material then that party will need to pay for the excess amount. The definition of a Fence does not necessarily include a retaining wall and will depend on the circumstances.

09.01.2022 NSW Legal Information: In a de-facto relationship you are entitled to make a claim on the assets of the relationship after a period of two years of cohabitation. Your claim must be made within 2 years of the end of the relationship and will be based on your contributions, your assets at the start of the relationship and the length of the relationship among other things. Note: You do not automatically get 50% of the assets. This is on the clarification that there are no children to the relationship as that will change the entire dynamic.