Welcome to Sydney strata’s brave new world of collective asset enhancement

The velocity of change in the NSW capital’s strataland rages unabated. Navigating shifting demographics and understanding the rules of the game at play in the city’s burgeoning unit blocks have never been more important. At IUM, we have developed...

To labour the old cliché, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But, often when it comes to a property purchase what real estate agents know very well is how much emotion is involved when it comes to...

Many a seasoned mediator will tell you that that a large proportion of fiery disputes come about when emotion overtakes logic. We have all experienced that feeling of being ‘wronged’ from time to time and no more so when...

In a fast paced city lifestyle there are plenty of areas that unconscious spending – the takeaway meal here, the unused gym fee there, parking fines or automated late fees – add up to emptier pockets. But the unconscious...

Many unit buyers are awash in a sea of information. Some of it conflicting, some of it sound, some of it downright dodgy and a lot of it irrelevant to your very specific pre-purchase circumstances.   Whether you have...

For the first time since 1973, the NSW laws governing your valuable individual and collective property asset are the subject of significant changes. The new laws are designed to bring the state’s 75,000 strata schemes into the 21st century. Crucial...

Welcome to our new website. In 1980, Independent Unit Management opened its doors to what was then a brave new world of strata management. NSW strata laws had come into affect in 1961 but it took a few years...