8-12 Smith Street Wollongong
SP 31731 Wollongong Wollongong 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- $32,500
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; older scheme.
- $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
Symes v The Proprietors Strata Plan No 31731 [2003] NSWCA 7
Building defects NSWCA 7 February 2003
Equity - appeal - strata plan - body corporate - dividing wall - water penetration - responsibility for rectification - common property - Strata Titles Board - finding of fact - whether trial judge can decide a question that did not appear in the stated case - no evidence - Coulton v Holcombe - notice of contention - case stated technique
Symes v SP 31731 [2001] NSWSC 527
Repairs and common property NSWSC 27 June 2001
REAL PROPERTY - Strata and related titles - Body corporate's duty to keep common property in good and serviceable repair - Whether wall entirely within lot is common property - Whether wall on boundary between lots is common property - Whether floor tiles entirely within lot are common property - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Appeal by way of stated case - Question of law arising on stated case - Whether particular items are common property is question of law - Whether there was evidence of fact foun
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 7 January 1994
- Non-structural cover
- Ran to 7 January 1994
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.