Elizabeth

Welcome

Welcome to The Elizabeth’s section of the website. New information for The Elizabeth’s owners and tenants will be posted here.  Some useful contacts are:

• Strata Manager: Raymond Rez, 02 7253 5820 raymond@acumenstrata.com.au
• Resident Services Management: 02 8565 9400 rsm@jacksonslanding.org.au
• Building Manager: Nick Tait, 0477 612 606 nickt@manage-meant.com.au
• Security: 02 8565 9494, security@jacksons.landing.org.au

Latest News

• Residents are encouraged to use the MyBos building management application (or website) to raise common property issues or maintenance requests. Ask our Building Manager about it.
• A “who is responsible” document can assist with general knowledge in understanding if an item is common property or lot owner responsibility. (The strata by-laws and special resolutions of the Owners Corporation must also be taken into account.) SCA-Who-Is-Responsible-a-guide-to-common-property
• Here is a great general reference site for anyone just starting with strata living Living in strata | NSW Government or this one from 2018 Strata_Living_Guide-2018  or even fairtrading.nsw.gov.au.
• The Strata Committee will soon be issuing a Residents Handbook to clarify and assit owners and tenants.
• Notices of meetings and updated information about the building and local information are posted on the noticeboards in B1 and B2.
• There is an informal Social Committee of residents that may organise some social events during the year, including the Christmas Drinks in the foyer on the first Sunday in December. These events will be advertised on the MyBos community board and general notices, emailed and posted in the lifts.

About The Elizabeth

“The Elizabeth” is named for the adjacent small bay which in turn was named after Elizabeth Macarthur, the efficient wife of John Macarthur, the soldier, great landowner and rogue (or hero) who organised the Rum Rebellion in 1809.

The architect Robin Dyke preserved the heritage Art Deco façade of this former CSR boiler station, while creating 44 New York-style apartments, no more than four per floor.

The original building eventually contained three coal-fired high-pressure boilers, which supplied steam and hot water to CSR’s sugar refinery. It also included steam turbines which produced electricity for the refinery.

The building, with its brick Art Deco façade, commenced construction in the mid-1930s and initially contained one boiler. World War II slowed the work. The second boiler was commissioned in about 1946, and the third a decade later. The other three sides of building were of corrugated iron cladding. The full height windows on the harbour frontage allowed good light into the building and accentuated its Art Deco design.

In seeking a development consent for the site, Lend Lease commissioned a Conservation Plan from Howard Tanner & Assoc. who, in 1996, recommended retaining the brick façade.

This Plan was adopted, and the façade remains a distinctive feature of Jacksons Landing. The Elizabeth thus retains the frontage this historic industrial building which was essential to the operation of the sugar refinery, as well as some other elements from the refinery (e.g. cast iron columns at ground level).

The award-winning gardens are a striking feature of The Elizabeth, and the Strata Executive Committee has arranged for continuous garden maintenance and improvements.

The first residents moved in during 2000, and many are still owners.

More information on the history of the site is available here. More information on the history of Pyrmont is available here.

Strata-Specific Questions

For most questions, the information applies to the whole of Jacksons Landing – please refer to the non strata pages of the website.

However, some information is different for different stratas.

You can email the strata manager here.

Members of the Strata Committee are:

Tracy Molloy (Chair)
Robert McIntosh (Secretary)
James Scandol (Treasurer)
Joan Evatt (Representative on the Community Association)
Steve Verrier (Representative on the Building Management Committee)
Peter Kelly

Please address correspondence to the strata manager. Owners can now access information about their levies, Strata Committee agendas and minutes on the Acumen Strata online portal. The latest newsletter for owners and residents can be found here.

Visitor Parking

With only 12 visitor parking spaces available to be shared between The Elizabeth and the Rum Store, steps have had to be taken to ensure this valuable resource is shared equitably and not monopolised by residents with more cars than parking spaces or by residents with long term guests.
If these procedures are not followed it can result in inconvenience to other residents who may wish to use a visitor car parking space. Thoughtless or unfair usage of visitor car parking spaces may result in restricted access to visitor car parking in future. To date we have avoided the introduction of bollards which are used in other buildings in Jacksons Landing.
If your guest is going to stay more than 24 hours you should inform the Gatehouse of the period required so that the security guards know the vehicle is legitimately parked.
Residents are able to purchase Visitor Parking Permits from the City of Sydney at a nominal cost for parking in the area.

Resident Parking

Residents are reminded that vehicles should be properly parked within the allotted parking spot(s) and the vehicle should not protrude beyond the markings on the floor. Additional residents cars cannot be parked within the residents’ area.
If there are additional residents within the apartment beyond the number of allocated parking spots you can visit the City Of Sydney Transport & Parking page.
There are car washing facilities in The Elizabeth which are located on B2.  There is a hose on the tap in the car wash bay to be used for washing vehicles.

Storage of Bicycles

Residents may store their bicycles in the storage cage located on Level B1 at their own risk.

Lifts

The Elizabeth has 4 lifts of which each apartment has access to 2 lifts – one with secure access from/to your apartment and one from the lobby area on your floor.
To help keep a high level of access to the apartment it is incumbent on all residents to report lift problems.
During periods of lift outage JLEM/Gatehouse will provide online updates via this website.
If a lift is reserved for a move and the paired lift malfunctions, the security guards are instructed to return the reserved lift to use by all residents.
The lift mechanisms have been replaced and upgraded in 2021.

Garbage Collection

Recycling waste should be put into the appropriate receptacle clearly marked within your shared garbage room. This rubbish is collected from the garbage room each day except Sundays and public holidays.
Collection from the main garbage area:
General waste: Friday
All recycling: Tuesday
The Strata Committee supports the Sydney City Council’s food scraps recycling trial. The majority of residents have registered for this. The bins are stored in the level B1 carpark and are collected Mondays and Thursdays.

Architectural Standards

These Standards must be read in conjunction with the Architectural Standards for the Community Association which can be found here.

Design Concept: The Elizabeth was designed by Robin Dyke of Jackson Dyke. The northern façade of the original building has been maintained.
Security Grilles: Security grilles are permitted on ground floor doors and windows and shall match the colour of the door or window, and equal to ‘Crimsafe’ TM (ph) 02 9536 1555.
Light Fittings: The light fittings on external balconies cannot be replaced.
Satellite Dishes: If Satellite Dishes are installed, they shall be located on the western lift motor room roof.
Real Estate Signs: Only one ‘For Sale’ or ‘For Lease’ sign is permitted in the building at any one time.

Moving In or Out

Elizabeth-specific instructions for moving in and out are described in the Elizabeth moving procedures document.  Please note that no moves are to be made through the foyer on level 1.  They must all be carried out via the loading bay.

Please see the moving in or out page for instructions and forms.

Large deliveries or removals
Please advise your building manager if you are planning and large deliveries or removals i.e. anything that will require 30 minutes or more loading dock use.

Renovations

Owners planning to undertake such work must comply with the provisions within this by-law. An application form for proposed construction must be completed by the owner and approved by the Strata Committee 30 days before works commence. Please contact Acumen Strata (02 8586 7822) should you have any queries about proposed renovations or construction work in your unit.

There are also Strata specific conditions relating to the work, including:

• Before commencement
  • Approval from the executive committee must be sought
  • Plans and specifications must be submitted, additional information may be required
  • Bond may be sought
  • Preparation of additional by-law if required
  • Obtain all other appropriate approvals and insurances

• During installation
  • Work must be restricted to between the hours of 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday and 8.30am to 12.00pm on Saturday
  • Appropriate licensed/qualified tradesmen to be used
  • Complete work within an agreed timeframe
  • Reduce noise as much as possible
  • Transport all materials via the loading dock, not through the main foyer
  • Contractors to remove their own rubbish
  • Contractors to make good any damage that may occur to common property
  • Contractors to only use designated parking spaces

• After construction
  • Notify Owners Corporation that work has been completed
  • Appropriate inspection and sign off to ensure works undertaken matches works application

For a comprehensive list of these conditions, and the process to prepare a new by-law, contact the Building Manager.

Strata Notices and By-Laws

Each strata in Jacksons Landing is bound by the Community Management Statement, and the Jacksons Landing Architectural and Landscape Standards. These documents can be found here.

In addition, the Elizabeth has its own by-laws and amendments and  architectural standards , and a Elizabeth Strata Management Statement and amendments for shared arrangements with the Rum Store.

Strata Meetings at a Glance

All owners are welcome to attend strata committee meetings as observers.

The strata meetings are generally held in the Pot Still Room in the Estate Management office at 52 Bowman Street between 1.00 and 2.30 PM.

The Annual General Meeting was held in November 2024 and the Strata Committee for 2024/25 met immediately after the AGM.

Since this website is public, agendas and minutes of strata meetings are not published here. The Strata Committee (EC) has adopted “opt-in” policy where owners will optionally be provided with a electronic (pdf) copy of the finalised minutes from the committee meetings. Owners should email Raymond Rez (raymond@acumenstrata.com.au) if they wish to be on this distribution list. These owners will also be provided with an electronic copy of The Elizabeth’s newsletter. Alternatively the information on meetings and other data is available by going to the Owners’ Portal Login on the MyBos website.