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Good Neighbour Policy

A consolidated, text-based guide for residents, owners, occupants, guests and visitors at Strata 1289.

Good Neighbour Policy · December 2025 Owner Policy · December 2026 35 Burnham Road · Kingston Park
The owners and tenants of 35 Burnham Rd acknowledge the good fortune of living on this beautiful part of the Adelaide coast and commit to enhancing this experience by adhering to a few guiding principles and ensuring a culture of mutual respect, and a healthy working environment between one another, committed to fairness and free from personal bias.
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Current Policy

Good Neighbour Policy & Owner Policy

This page consolidates the Good Neighbour Policy, December 2025, and the Owner Policy, December 2026. The content has been preserved and organised so the repeated rules appear once, in the section where they apply most clearly.

Respect

Maintain a culture of mutual respect, fairness and consideration between residents, owners, tenants, guests and visitors.

Amenity

Protect the quiet enjoyment, presentation and safety of the complex and its shared areas.

Responsibility

Owners are responsible for ensuring tenants and short-stay guests understand and follow the community guidelines.

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Shared Conduct

Quiet enjoyment and respectful living

Site-wide quiet hours

11:00pm – 7:00am

Quiet hours apply to everyone: residents, owners, tenants, guests, visitors and short-stay occupants. During these hours, noise should be kept to a minimum inside units, on balconies, in rear corridors, around vehicles and throughout all shared areas.

Noise management

Limit noise from balconies, rear corridors, vehicles, loud televisions and speaker systems at night, as noise travels from below and above the units.

Guests and visitors

Guests who visit must also be respectful when arriving and leaving in the early and late hours.

Emergency awareness

Be alert for signs of fire, burst pipes, burglary etc., especially when neighbours are absent.

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Good Neighbour Policy

Residents, occupants and visitors

  • Welcoming new residents and offering help or information if required.
  • Maintaining existing gardens by watering, weeding, and pruning as appropriate, and removing rubbish. Any proposed new plantings, gardening projects etc. must be submitted to the Strata Committee for approval.
  • Accepting mail deliveries for tenants if permission has been given by them and they may not be at home at the time of delivery.
  • Communicating respectfully and supporting a cooperative residential environment.
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Owner Policy

Owners and letting responsibilities

  • Ensuring new tenants are carefully selected, vetted, and understand and respect the communal living environment.
  • Providing a copy of the Good Neighbour Policy with Management Committee Member’s contact information should any issues need to be dealt with.
  • Ensuring tenants, short-stay guests and visitors observe the site-wide quiet hours, noise expectations, parking rules and shared-area requirements.
  • Attending the AGM or Special General Meetings, or appointing proxies if unable to attend, and volunteering for committee positions or tasks that contribute to the common good of all residents.

Short-stay letting

Recommended house rules

When letting properties as Air BnB rentals, owners are to ensure rules are applied so new tenants and guests respect the current residential community guidelines.

Only confirmed guests are permitted in the unit. No extra guests or visitors after booking. No illegal substances or activities allowed. Police will be contacted. No smoking in all common property areas, including balconies, and inside units. No pets allowed. Please respect the guest parking rules, and park only within the allocated spaces for each unit.
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Shared Strata Requirements

Rules that apply across the complex

Pets

STRATA by-laws do not allow resident pets unless permission is sought and subsequently granted because of STRATA plebiscite.

Smoking

STRATA by-laws prohibit smoking in all common areas, on balconies and inside units.

Additions or alterations to outside areas

No permanent additions, alterations or installations, including antennas and balcony dividers, can be made to the outside of the units without seeking written approval from the STRATA Committee.

Balconies and railings

These must be kept tidy and attractive. Washing is not to be hung or unsightly objects stored on them.

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Shared Areas

Bins, parking and common areas

Common areas, passages and stairways

  • Keeping common areas, passages, and stairways clear, swept and litter free.
  • Ensuring passageways are kept clear for residents to move freely and emergency services to attend without obstruction.
  • Clearing of open drains when necessary.
  • Cleaning windows and window frames.
  • Keeping balcony areas neat and tidy.
  • Using the clothes lines provided in the common areas. Laundry is not to be hung on balconies.

Parking requirements

Observe parking requirements as outlined on the notice displayed in the upper level carpark, and ensure clear access to garages and designated parking spaces for units 1, 2, 5 and 8.

Rubbish bins

Share the task of putting out and recovering rubbish bins.

RedGeneral rubbish bins are collected each Monday.
YellowClean, recyclable material bins are collected on alternate Mondays.
GreenGarden and other organic waste bins are collected on alternate Mondays.
BlueGround-level blue bin is for refundable bottles and cans.

There is also two green bins, one at ground level, and at the top level carpark specifically marked for the collection of refundable bottles and cans.

Bins marked for use by units 10-15 are stored in the upper level carpark and are collected and emptied from Forrest Avenue.

All owners and residents are encouraged to communicate freely at any time with Management Committee Members regarding strata business.

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Management Committee

Committee Members for 2026

The Management Committee Members for 2026 are: Karlea (Presiding Officer, unit 13), Darren (unit 5), Franca (unit 11), Derek (unit 15), Deborah (unit 8), Simon (unit 14).