Outstanding building orders in Ermington can affect a purchase in two ways: directly, if the property you are buying is subject to an order, and indirectly, if a neighbouring property has an unresolved order that creates a safety or amenity issue. The suburb-level data below gives you the broader context; the Section 10.7 certificate for a specific property gives you the definitive answer for that lot.
A high volume of open building orders in Ermington relative to similar suburbs in the Parramatta area could reflect several things: an older housing stock with accumulated maintenance debt, an active council compliance team issuing orders that other councils would leave unrecorded, or a specific cluster of problematic buildings. Understanding which of these explains the data requires a closer look at the order types. A single large strata scheme with multiple fire-safety orders can skew the suburb count significantly.
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