82 Hay Street, Haymarket NSW
A deeply corrupt strata committee where many members of the committee have partaken in short-term letting at an industrial scale and have monopolised the assets to the detriment of all other members of the owner's corporation. The corruption and deceit doesn't just stop there.
A Strata Committee member’s family member was found manufacturing methamphetamines in two apartments, one of which caught fire. The incident resulted in an insurance claim exceeding $475,000. Methamphetamine levels found in the common area, such as the carpets outside of the apartment, were found to be 1,200x larger than that health investigation level.
About 82 Hay Street, Haymarket
This is an extraordinary strata scheme: fewer than 20% of lots are owner-occupied, and many owners seem to place greater importance on protecting their assets from foreign governments than on protecting the value, reputation and long-term interests of the building itself.
An owner’s corporation held to the whims of a family who own 11 lots in the Strata. Apartments are owned through the following entities, which are all represented by Chris Ho and his family:
- Truong Ho Nominees Pty Ltd
- Atene Pty Ltd Atene No.1 Trust
- Centralcorp No.2 Pty Ltd atf
Most of these apartments have been used as short-term accommodation, drastically decreasing the amenity for all other residents. It is also illegal and against the bylaws of the building and the development application approval.
- Street address
- 82 Hay Street, Haymarket NSW 2000
- Building
- Darling Rise
- Strata plan
- SP98926
- Strata manager
- Strata Plus – Fei Tang (20092664)
- Building management
- Premier FM
"It was extremely bad when I owned. I saw the writing on the wall and got out. The place is an absolute hole due to mismanagement and the type of owners that care little for their investments. Really shocking."
"It is true that the main reason for the increased insurance premium was due to those two drug labs in Arena and Darling Rise. We believe the issues were caused by the tenants not the owners/agents. Those tenants' details were passed to the insurer CHU. CHU's claim department will try to recover the costs from the tenants."
"The likely cause could be a drug lab being operated previously. If it's correct, the cost should be reimbursed from the lot agent or owner for their negligence. It's unfair for the other owners to bear the cost. Any cost or damages associated with drug activities should be recovered from the lot owner/agent to prevent potential insurance renewal or premium issue going forward."
Short-term leasing in the building
This building has been grossly mismanaged by both strata and building management. More than 10% of the apartments in the building have engaged in short-term leasing over the past 12 months. This is compounded by the fact that the chair of the strata committee in 2024 had more than 600 short-term stays in his apartments and was never issued breach notices for that conduct, while he actively prevented others from short-term leasing, thus creating a monopoly in the building.
That same building manager, who allowed Airbnb activity to continue carte blanche, is now back as the building manager with Premier FM at the insistence of Christopher Wen Jinn Ho, who was the strata committee chair.
Of particular note is unit 1707, which has been short-term letting for many years with impunity, and 2003 has also been engaged in short-term letting through the Airbnb platform for well over six months.
This is on top of the many apartments of the previous chair of the strata committee and his family, who were letting through Airbnb with impunity for well over 20 months until I published the corruption report.
82 Hay Street records and evidence
For AGM 2026, 82 Hay Street
Major insurance claim and further corrupt conduct.
Christopher Wen Jinn Ho Code of conduct
Signed code of conduct for Christopher Wen Jinn Ho.
Christopher Wen Jinn Ho Police interview
Police interview video related to 82 Hay Street.
Building Management reports
Reports and supporting documents for building management.
Informal strata meeting response
Response notes and action items from the 9 December 2025 meeting.