2 Railway Parade Auburn
SP 32396 · Registered 14 August 1987 · 53 lots · Cumberland · New South Wales checked 10 June 2026
Public record: 4 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.
- 4 tribunal or court matters, the most serious about repairs and common property
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd is named at 2 schemes, a cross-scheme pattern
- $51,800 indicative cost exposure per lot, elevated 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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4 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. 14 August 1994); non-structural ran to 14 August 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.
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Builder named across multiple schemes
Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd is named in litigation at 2 strata schemes, a cross-scheme pattern worth checking before you buy.
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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
Elevated 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: 3 matters; older scheme. | $10,400 | $46,800 | $174,200 |
Tribunal and legal costs 4 tribunal or court matters on the public record. Indicative per-lot share of tribunal and legal costs in a strata dispute (NCAT). Scaled for: 4 matters. | $600 | $5,000 | $18,900 |
| Total per lot | $11,000 | $51,800 | $193,100 |
Across all 53 lots, an expected program of this kind is on the order of $2,745,400 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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The building's builder is named in disputes at other schemes, is the original builder still solvent for a warranty claim?
Because Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd appears at 2 schemes.
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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?
Ask about this building
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.
Save keeps this scheme on your dashboard. Monitoring tracks the matter count from 4 today; we'll flag new matters here as they appear.
Building record
Strata plan SP 32396 was registered on 14 August 1987 in the Cumberland council area and comprises 53 lots.
It is located at 2 Railway Parade Auburn.
Parcel geometry for the scheme is held on file.
Litigation
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 [2025] NSWSC 1065
Costs and procedure NSWSC 18 September 2025
Administrative Law – Review of administrative decision – Statutory appeal under s 83 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) – Whether question of law or fact – Where Appeal Panel finding concerned only a question of fact – Where leave to appeal would nonetheless be refused
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 [2024] NSWCATAP 192
Repairs and common property NSWCATAP 3 October 2024
LAND LAW — strata title — common property — maintenance and repair of common property – action for damages by lot owner – proceedings commenced more than two years after the owner became aware of loss – whethertime can be extended under s 41 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act – statutory interpretation APPEAL – Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 – leave to appeal – leave refused
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 [2023] NSWCATAP 66
Repairs and common property NSWCATAP 6 March 2023
LAND LAW — strata title — common property — maintenance and repair of common property – action for damages by lot owner – proceedings commenced more than two years after the owner became aware of loss – extension of time – the temporal element in s 106(6) of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 not a jurisdictional fact – time to extend that period of time pursuant to s 41 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — particular administrative bodies — NSW Civil and Ad
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 [2022] NSWCATCD 213
Repairs and common property NSWCATCD 11 November 2022
LAND LAW – Strata titles – Section 106(6) of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 – Applicability of s41 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 to s106(6)
Companies named in these matters
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd, named in litigation at 2 strata schemes
Builders, developers, and contractors named opposite this scheme. A company appearing across many schemes is a pattern worth a closer look before you buy.
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.
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 [2025] NSWSC 1065 Water ingress · Respondent successful Walton J
The plaintiff's appeal to the Supreme Court of the NCAT Appeal Panel decision was dismissed and leave to appeal was refused, with the plaintiff ordered to pay the defendant's costs.
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 (owners corp)
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 [2024] NSWCATAP 192 Repairs and common property · Respondent successful A. Bell SC, Senior Member L. Wilson, Senior Member
The appeal was dismissed and the Tribunal's decision to decline to extend time for bringing recovery proceedings for water damage more than two years after the loss occurred was upheld.
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 (owners corp)
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 [2023] NSWCATAP 66
The appeal was upheld and the Tribunal's decisions were set aside; the proceedings were remitted for redetermination as the Tribunal had power under s 41 of the NCAT Act to extend the time for bringing proceedings for damages under s 106(6) of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015, and the application for access to records was overlooked.
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 (owners corp)
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 [2022] NSWCATCD 213 Repairs and common property · Dismissed D Goldstein, Senior Member
The application was dismissed because it was filed outside the two-year statutory limitation period under section 106(6) of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015, and the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to extend this time limit under section 41 of the NCAT Act.
- Hua Nan Trading Pty Ltd (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 32396 (owners corp)
Compared to Auburn
In Auburn, 1% of 496 strata schemes carry a tribunal matter on the public record. This scheme's 4 matters are well above the local average of 1.6 per litigated scheme.
The Auburn 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 | 4 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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