QUOTE(thecaterpillar @ Aug 25 2015, 07:44 AM)
I wonder how they get approval. As far as I remember, for g&g must be strata title. Only older development might have individual title.
Individual title vs strata title. Not going to breakdown into pros and cons coz pros for me might be cons for others and vice versa.
For individual title
1. Common area will be taken care by local council
2. Owner can renovate to extend the property/ alter facade
3. Might look cluttered over time as owner renovate and change the colour and facade
4. Cheaper maintenance
Strata title
1. the management will need to maintain the common area
2. Not allowed to alter facade of the property without approval from management
3. Uniform look
4. Higher maintenance cost
Have just signed my legal documentation..even the lawyer was confused with the title...
And u know wat, we hav to pay for maintenance fees as they now call it g&g....so its nice for them to say they turn it into g&g at their own expenses, but in the end the fees will eventually b incurred on us..as they din state properly how much the maintenance fees would be..u wouldnt know how much they gonna ask us to pay later..and we r not the proper g&g also..but paying maintenance for g&g..😞
Plus mot and all other legal fees our houses have bcome so exp oredi..
One more thg, the developer is really poorly trained..they din advise properly on the legal fees, the law firm actually received lots of complaints on legal fees as the purchasers were not informed properly beforehand..i personally contacted tue developer agent to enquire abt all the legal fees issues, at first she told me she is not sure abt it, but when prb arise, i called her again to clarify, she was almost like scolding me, saying she has no time to attend to me and ask me to drop her a msg..in the end she din reply the msg also...so its not really they r poorly trained, they have prb wth attitudes too!