9-13 Dianella Drive Casuarina
SP 77971 Casuarina Tweed 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.
Low- $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
Casuarina Rec Club Pty Limited v The Owners - Strata Plan 77971 [2011] NSWCA 159
By-laws NSWCA 24 June 2011
VALIDITY OF BY-LAWS- By-laws made under Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 authorising "Facilities Agreement" with Rec Club 15 minutes from resort- whether such by-laws were outside the powers of the Owners' Corporation- the power to make by-laws is to be construed liberally- limitations on the making of by-laws to be construed from the enabling statute- there must be a clear nexus between the subject matter of a by-law and the use or occupation of the property in question- there is no precise r
Santai v The Owners - Strata Plan No. 77971 [2010] NSWSC 628
By-laws NSWSC 17 June 2010
STRATA TITLES – whether agreement is a “caretaker agreement” – power to make by-laws – validity of by-laws – by-laws and necessary degree of connection. - CONTRACTS – illegal and void contracts – whether grant of rights was illegal because party did not hold licence as required by statute – whether contract void or unenforceable because of illegality – impermissible delegation of the owners corporation’s functions. - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – discretionary grounds for granting declaratory relief
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 6 December 2013
- Non-structural cover
- Ran to 6 December 2013
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.