569-581 George Street Sydney
SP 65111 · Registered 20 March 2001 · 351 lots · Sydney · New South Wales checked 10 June 2026
Public record: 7 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.
- 7 tribunal or court matters, the most serious about building defects
- Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd is named at 3 schemes, a cross-scheme pattern
- $6,300 indicative cost exposure per lot, moderate 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.
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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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7 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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Builder named across multiple schemes
Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd is named in litigation at 3 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
Moderate 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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Tribunal and legal costs 7 tribunal or court matters on the public record. Indicative per-lot share of tribunal and legal costs in a strata dispute (NCAT). Scaled for: 7 matters. | $700 | $6,300 | $24,900 |
| Total per lot | $700 | $6,300 | $24,900 |
Across all 351 lots, an expected program of this kind is on the order of $2,211,300 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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The building's builder is named in disputes at other schemes, is the original builder still solvent for a warranty claim?
Because Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd appears at 3 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 7 today; we'll flag new matters here as they appear.
Building record
Strata plan SP 65111 was registered on 20 March 2001 in the Sydney council area and comprises 351 lots.
It is located at 569-581 George Street Sydney.
Parcel geometry for the scheme is held on file.
Litigation
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Limited v The Owners - Strata Plan No. 65111 [2025] NSWSC 1208
Other NSWSC 16 October 2025
CONTRACTS – Construction – Interpretation – where parties enter Binding Heads of Agreement – whether obligations under the Binding Heads of Agreement are at an end – no question of principle
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 65111 (No 2) [2021] NSWCA 331
Costs and procedure NSWCA 21 December 2021
COSTS – party/party – appeals – whether the respondent should pay its costs of the proceedings in the court below – whether there should be no order as to costs – where the primary judge’s conclusions in favour of the respondent on some issues was upheld
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 65111 [2021] NSWCA 162
Other NSWCA 4 August 2021
CONTRACTS – termination – breach of term – what constitutes gross negligence and gross misconduct CONTRACTS – termination – breach of term – implied term – term implied in fact – implied term not to use position to obtain unauthorised benefit – where breach compounded by deliberate deception – gross misconduct CONTRACTS – termination – breach by terminating party – whether repudiation of contract – whether acceptance of repudiation possible – whether party willing to perform obligations under th
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 65111 (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 43
Costs and procedure NSWSC 4 February 2021
COSTS — departure from the general rule – offers of compromise – whether offers comply with UCPR r 20.26 – offers made jointly to plaintiffs bringing separate causes of action – offers held not to comply with UCPR r 20.26 – not unreasonable of either plaintiff to fail to accept offers – indemnity costs not ordered COSTS – where parties have had some success and otherwise failed – overlapping claims – degree of overlap between claims of one plaintiff and cross-claim – whether appropriate to treat
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 65111 [2020] NSWSC 1505
Other NSWSC 28 October 2020
LAND LAW – strata title – building manager – duration of caretaker agreement – agreement made in 2001 provides for 10 year term with options for three additional 5 year terms – legislation introduced in 2003 regulates appointments of caretakers and duration of caretaker agreements – effect of legislation including transitional provisions upon variations to caretaker agreement made in 2010 and 2015 – variations provided for additional options for further terms – held that agreement as varied not
- The Owners – Strata Plan 65111 v Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 909
Other NSWSC 1 July 2016
PRACTICE – reference out by court of entire proceedings to referee – whether report should be adopted – earlier finding that referee correctly construed contract – consideration of remaining objections to adoption of report
- The Owners – Strata Plan 65111 v Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 650
Building defects NSWSC 20 May 2016
PRACTICE - reference by court - finding by referee as to the proper construction of operative agreement - whether referee erred in law; CONTRACTS - proper construction – settlement deed – contract to do residential building work – nature of builder’s obligation to effect rectification works - whether certifier empowered to alter manner in which rectification works be effected and designated standard be achieved
Companies named in these matters
- Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd, named in litigation at 3 strata schemes
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Limited
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd
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.
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Limited v The Owners - Strata Plan No. 65111 [2025] NSWSC 1208
The proceedings were dismissed and the Owners Corporation was ordered to pay ACPM's costs of $20,000 as the Binding Heads of Agreement was not implemented by the 30 June 2025 deadline, triggering the fallback provision requiring dismissal with costs in favour of ACPM.
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Limited (manager)
- The Owners - Strata Plan No. 65111 (owners corp)
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 65111 (No 2) [2021] NSWCA 331 Costs and procedure · Applicant successful Bathurst CJ; Payne JA; McCallum JA
The Court set aside the primary judge's costs orders and ordered the respondent to pay 80 per cent of the appellant's costs of the proceedings in the court below.
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd (contractor)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 65111 (owners corp)
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 65111 [2021] NSWCA 162
Appeal allowed; the Owners Corporation breached clause 10.2 of the Caretaker Agreement by failing to follow required procedures upon termination, and judgment was entered for the strata manager in the sum of $1,007,896.13 for damages for loss of bargain.
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd (manager)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 65111 (owners corp)
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 65111 (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 43
The Court determined that the first plaintiff's loss of bargain damages claim failed but succeeded in obtaining possession of Lot 179 with monetary judgment of $32,896.13; the Owners Corporation's cross-claim was entirely dismissed; costs were ordered to be split between the parties based on separate issues with each party bearing their own costs on the costs application.
- Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd (lot owner)
- Bo Yun Wang (lot owner)
- The Owners - Strata Plan No. 65111 (owners corp)
Compared to Sydney
In Sydney, 15% of 204 strata schemes carry a tribunal matter on the public record. This scheme's 7 matters are well above the local average of 2.3 per litigated scheme.
The Sydney 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 | 7 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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