After becoming a monk, a landlord in Sydney, named Law Siek Hong, “gave up” his property and disappeared in Malaysia, leaving a large levy debt behind.

Law Siek Hong property is located in Darlinghurst, the owner of the property committee spent 12 years, more than 60,000 Australian dollars (RMB300,000) trying to find him, forcing him to pay a cumulative tax of more than 280,000 Australian dollars (RMB1.4 million).

Recently, the owners committee won a supreme court suit, debuting the apartment for the first time by auctioning off the debt.

Senior lawyer, JS Mueller & Co, Faiyaaz Shafiq said: “This is a big issue in Australia because some overseas buyers are usually from Asia, but they never live in it and no one knows where they are and they are usually hard to find.”

To read the full Sydney Morning Herald Domain article click here.

For NSW strata legal or levy collection advice contact us here or call 02 9562 1266, we’re happy to assist.

Did you know that JS Mueller & Co can save you loads of time and money and recover your strata levy arrears faster?

How, you ask?

We have been recovering strata levies for over 30 years so we know all the tricks!

We have paralegals who do nothing but levy debt collection. They often spend an enormous amount of their day researching a bad debtor to find information to allow you to recover overdue levies faster.

To find these details we’ll spend time searching for any media articles, reviewing social media sites and generally hunting around the internet for any clues as to their place of work and living arrangements and, any other information which will help us locate the debtor.

This often turns up information about a debtor’s employment or tenant. We then use that information to contact the debtor, issue garnishee orders or just to get your levies paid quicker!

So, how can JS Mueller & Co save you time and money in the levy collection debt recovery process?

It’s simple. Often you’ll already know this information and if, at the time of instruction these details are provided to us that will save time and money, resulting in much faster levy collection debt recoveries.

Here’s a quick list of the helpful information about a debtor you can provide us, that’s if you know them, when providing your next levy collection instruction to us.

• Employment Details
• Tenant Details
• Real Estate Agency
• Real Estate Property Manager Details
• Media Stories

Click here for the full details of the new Levy Collection New Laws.

For strata legal or levy collection advice please contact us here or call 02 9562 1266, we’re happy to assist.

With the introduction of the new strata laws, you’ll need to be aware of the key changes to the levy collection procedure.

To familiarise yourself with the top 10 changes click here –  Levy Collection Changes Under the New Strata Laws

For NSW strata legal or levy collection advice please contact us here or call 02 9562 1266, we’re happy to assist.

Surveyors are not perfect. They can make mistakes when drawing strata plans.

But what happens once a strata plan containing errors is registered? Are the errors able to be corrected? A recent Supreme Court case confirms that the answer is “yes”.

Click here for the full article – Supreme Court Corrects Strata Plan Error

For NSW strata legal or levy collection advice please contact us here or call 02 9562 1266, we’re happy to assist.