The reality of owning a strata-managed apartment after having saved for it for over a decade has been nothing short of a nightmare for single Perth mother and primary school teacher Rebecca Boehm.
The shine of becoming a new home owner has dulled for Rebecca Boehm due to strata management issues.After saving for over a decade, Rebecca Boehm was excited to purchase a strata-managed apartment for herself and her two children in the Perth suburb of Bentley.
But the dream quickly gave way to disappointing reality when the primary school teacher began receiving a host of mysterious strata bills from Cosmic Realty, the company that runs the small group of four apartments in Bentley.Hundreds of dollars in charges for mysterious "miscellaneous" levies have been added to her $400 quarterly strata bills, including $287 for "miscellaneous jan levy" and $625 for "miscellaneous spec levy".
Photo shows A man stands on the edge of a street in the foreground. Across the street are a number of large apartment buildings. "We do need to have a dedicated task force, a cop on the beat, who actually can look after the strata sector," she said.The WA government has announced a review into strata living and one of its goals is to explore strata manager practices and standards.
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