Strata -- never overlook nor underestimate the importance of having a good strata council. I'm super fortunate that my apartment has an incredible strata council -- they are good, responsible people with a level head, and an eye for future planning. I've had different friends where their strata council is utter crap, and the amount of bullshxt and questionable proceedings is beyond belief.
(And of course, we all know some strata council will elect to hold (strata concil) meetings in a non-English language even when English-speaking only residents attend the meeting.
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The problem is, I don't really know how anyone can find out about the quality of a strata council unless he already knows someone living there, so it is kind of difficult to include that as a purchasing consideration.