1a Eastbourne Road Darling Point
SP 2661 · Registered 21 September 1967 · 13 lots · Woollahra · New South Wales checked 10 June 2026
Public record: 8 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.
- 8 tribunal or court matters, the most serious about repairs and common property
- $67,400 indicative cost exposure per lot, severe band
The public record is a pre-screen, not the strata report. Read on for the detail, then obtain a section 184 strata search before you bid.
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Public record checked
Litigation, building-work orders, and governance for this scheme, the page you are on.
- Read the strata report →
Paste the section 184 strata search or AGM minutes to see the fund balance and red flags the public registers can't. Obtain a section 184 strata search if you do not have it yet.
- Questions to ask
The specific questions this scheme's record raises, ready for the strata manager or your conveyancer.
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Decide
Take the public record and the report findings to your conveyancer before you bid.
Risk read
What the public record shows for this scheme, read for a buyer. This is not the strata report, and a quiet record is not a guarantee: obtain a section 184 strata search before you bid.
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8 litigation matters on record
Tribunal and court decisions naming this scheme as a party. A litigious building is more likely to be carrying unresolved disputes, defects, or levy fights.
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Water-ingress dispute on record
At least one matter touches water, ingress, or waterproofing, the single most common driver of strata special levies. Confirm whether it has been fully rectified.
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Building-defect dispute on record
A matter touches building defects or rectification work. Ask whether the work is funded and whether the builder's warranty still applies.
Statutory warranty: structural cover likely expired (est. 21 September 1974); non-structural ran to 21 September 1974. 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.
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No recent annual reporting on the Strata Hub
We could not find a current annual return for this scheme on the NSW Strata Hub. That may just be a gap in the public data, but a non-reporting scheme can also signal a disengaged committee, ask for the last two AGM minutes.
Cost exposure
Severe exposureAn indicative, itemised estimate of what one 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.
Special levies are apportioned by unit entitlement. Set this from your contract; 1.0× is an average lot.
| Driver | Good | Expected | Worst |
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Serious building-defect rectification A decision on this scheme was classified as a building-defect matter. Indicative per-lot serious-defect rectification levies (NSW Serious Defects in Residential Apartments research report, 2021; strata special-levy reporting). Scaled for: 5 matters, elevated; older scheme. | $12,000 | $61,100 | $236,000 |
Tribunal and legal costs 8 tribunal or court matters on the public record. Indicative per-lot share of tribunal and legal costs in a strata dispute (NCAT). Scaled for: 8 matters. | $700 | $6,300 | $24,900 |
| Total per lot | $12,700 | $67,400 | $260,900 |
Across all 13 lots, an expected program of this kind is on the order of $876,200 building-wide, before any government contribution.
Estimate only. Figures are indicative ranges from public remediation programs and reporting, apportioned to one lot; they are not this building's costed works and not financial advice. Obtain the capital works fund balance, any special levy resolved or proposed, and a strata records search before you transact.
Questions to ask before you bid
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Has the water-ingress issue that went to the tribunal been fully rectified, and who paid for it?
Because we found a water/waterproofing dispute on record.
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What is the capital works (sinking) fund balance, its adequacy ratio, and the 10-year plan?
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Are any special levies raised, proposed, or scoped-but-not-yet-levied?
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Can I see the last two years of AGM minutes, including any motions that were defeated?
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Ask a plain-English question and we'll answer from our record: litigation, building-work orders, water and defect matters, the managing agent, and more.
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Building record
Strata plan SP 2661 was registered on 21 September 1967 in the Woollahra council area and comprises 13 lots.
It is located at 1a Eastbourne Road Darling Point.
Parcel geometry for the scheme is held on file.
Litigation
- Selkirk v The Owners-Strata Plan No 2661; The Owners-Strata Plan No 2661 v Selkirk [2025] NSWCATAP 328
Repairs and common property NSWCATAP 15 April 2026
LAND LAW – strata title – common property – duty to repair – breach of duty – damages for breach of duty – causation – determination of cause of loss – action of lot owner altering or repairing common property – ss 106(5) and 232 Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW)
- Selkirk v The Owners – Strata Plan No 2661 (No 3) [2026] NSWCATCD 50
Costs and procedure NSWCATCD 27 February 2026
COSTS — Party/Party — Applicant successful but failed on substantial issues — Awarded a proportion of costs COSTS — Party/Party — Relevance of misconduct by party to allocation of costs — Propounding of false document — Relevant to the extent that the misconduct increased the time taken at hearing or caused the other party to incur costs in responding
- Selkirk v The Owners – Strata Plan No 2661 (No 2) [2025] NSWCATCD 70
Costs and procedure NSWCATCD 14 July 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE – Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act s 41 – extension of time for compliance with orders – applicable principles
- Selkirk v The Owners – Strata Plan No 2661 [2024] NSWCATCD 71
Building defects NSWCATCD 30 December 2024
LAND LAW – strata title – duties of owners corporation – duty to maintain and repair common property – claims for rectification works and damages by lot owner under Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW), s 106(5) and 232(1) following breach of duty – reasonably foreseeable losses suffered as a result of a contravention of s 106 – lot owner’s raising of justifiable objections to owners corporation’s proposed repair works not amounting to explicit refusal of access did not mean that losses sust
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 2661 v Selkirk [2024] NSWSC 760
Building defects NSWSC 21 June 2024
LAND LAW – strata title – duties of owners corporation – duty to maintain and repair common property – claims for rectification works and damages by lot owner under Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW), s 106(5) and 232(1) following breach of duty – whether entitlement of owners corporation to apply for orders to inspect and perform works on lot owner’s property an answer to resistance by lot owner to accessing her property – whether open to owners corporation to rely on unreasonable conduct
- Selkirk v The Owners - Strata Plan No 2661 [No 2] [2024] NSWCATAP 44
Repairs and common property NSWCATAP 27 March 2024
REAL PROPERTY – STRATA MANAGEMENT – strict duty of repair – onus of proof on scope and consequences of breach – causation and mitigation – measure and quantification of loss – Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) ss 106, 122, 124, 232. COSTS – costs orders on severable issues - application of s 104 Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) – quarantining of costs orders in favour of appellant – appropriate orders with success on primary matter appealed and remitted but not on a severable matt
- Selkirk v The Owners - Strata Plan No 2661 [2024] NSWCATAP 17
Repairs and common property NSWCATAP 6 February 2024
REAL PROPERTY – STRATA MANAGEMENT – strict duty of repair – onus of proof on scope and consequences of breach – causation and mitigation – measure and quantification of loss – Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) ss 106, 122, 124, 232
- Selkirk v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 2661 [2022] NSWSC 858
Costs and procedure NSWSC 29 June 2022
COSTS – dispute concerning a strata scheme – parties agree that proceedings should be transferred to NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal – whether order for costs should be made against plaintiff – plaintiff not shown to have acted unreasonably – appropriate to make no order as to costs
Decisions naming this scheme as a party, from NSW Caselaw (NCAT and the courts). The line beneath each matter is the decision's own catchwords, quoted; the topic tag is our grouping of those words and reads "Other" when they do not clearly fit, so you can always check it against the source. Every matter links to the full decision. Whether a matter helped or hurt the scheme is not assessed here.
Decisions, in detail
Read from each decision's own text: the parties and their roles, who presided, how it ended, and the money in play. Every row links to the source.
- Selkirk v The Owners-Strata Plan No 2661; The Owners-Strata Plan No 2661 v Selkirk [2025] NSWCATAP 328 Repairs and common property · Mixed G Sarginson, Deputy President; D Charles, Senior Member
The appeal by the lot owner regarding damages was dismissed, while the owners corporation's application to extend time to lodge its appeal was dismissed; each party ordered to pay the other's appeal costs.
- Simone Selkirk (lot owner)
- The Owners-Strata Plan No 2661 (owners corp)
- Selkirk v The Owners – Strata Plan No 2661 (No 2) [2025] NSWCATCD 70 Repairs and common property · Applicant successful D Robertson, Principal Member
The Miscellaneous Matters Application seeking an extension of time to comply with work orders for bathroom wall repairs and kitchen wall investigations was dismissed, with the respondent ordered to pay the applicant's costs.
- Simone Selkirk (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 2661 (owners corp)
- Selkirk v The Owners – Strata Plan No 2661 [2024] NSWCATCD 71
The Owners were ordered to pay compensation of $98,374.29 for breach of their duty to maintain and repair common property, and to engage contractors to repair the bathroom brickwork and investigate kitchen wall defects.
- Simone Selkirk (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 2661 (owners corp)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 2661 v Selkirk [2024] NSWSC 760 Repairs and common property · Mixed Leeming JA
The appeal was allowed on the question of law whether a mitigation defence is available in answer to a claim for damages under s 106(5), with the court holding that an owners corporation may establish that a lot owner's unreasonable failure to mitigate loss reduces their damages claim.
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 2661 (owners corp)
- Simone Selkirk (lot owner)
- Selkirk v The Owners - Strata Plan No 2661 [No 2] [2024] NSWCATAP 44 Repairs and common property · Mixed S Westgarth, Deputy President; G Burton SC, Senior Member
The appellant was successful on appeal in relation to the common property issue concerning bathroom repairs and related claims, but the costs orders were structured to quarantine the flooring issue on which the appellant was unsuccessful, with the appellant ordered to pay the respondents' costs on that severable issue while receiving most of her appeal costs from the owners corporation.
- S Selkirk (lot owner)
- The Owners - Strata Plan No 2661 (owners corp)
- Selkirk v The Owners - Strata Plan No 2661 [2024] NSWCATAP 17 Repairs and common property · Applicant successful S Westgarth, Deputy President; G Burton SC, Senior Member
The appeal was allowed against the owners corporation and the matter was remitted for re-determination on the scope of work required to fulfil the owners corporation's strict duty to maintain and repair common property in the appellant's bathroom and the amount of rent and losses from 5 December 2020.
- Ms Simone Selkirk (lot owner)
- The Owners - Strata Plan No 2661 (owners corp)
- Selkirk v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 2661 [2022] NSWSC 858 Costs and procedure · Procedural Darke J
Proceedings transferred to NCAT with no order as to costs; the Court declined to order the plaintiff to pay the first defendant's costs as the plaintiff had not acted unreasonably in commencing proceedings in the Supreme Court.
- Simone Selkirk (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No. 2661 (owners corp)
- Alexandra Stournas (lot owner)
Compared to Darling Point
In Darling Point, 3% of 186 strata schemes carry a tribunal matter on the public record. This scheme's 8 matters are well above the local average of 2.4 per litigated scheme.
The Darling Point dispute landscape →Evidence ledger
Registry-backed record: matched to a scheme on the register by its plan number.
| Checked | Found | Match | Last checked |
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| 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 | 8 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. The unknowns the public registers structurally cannot show stay named, so silence above is never read as a clean bill.
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