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You're spot on MGE, this is a newer block and would be late 80's (angle is a bit steep to get a good look at the building) - the bricks are an extruded brick with a granosite finish to the concrete beam.

No way of knowing 100% without going to council to find out when the occupancy certificate was issued.

Yes, they are compliant because all of the people ie one family are familiar with the property. When you get into complex properties like units which contain several dwellings, unrelated parties, multiple stories, higher fire loadings then the risk goes up enormously. The technology which goes...

How a building is constructed affects the way it burns, the smoke generated, how long it takes to fail (how long you are able to stay inside a unit) and most importantly, how you escape from the building.

MGE - a photo of the door would be great - you mentioned a window in the door, the bricks look like dry pressed commons (Andy may beg to differ but we are only looking at about 10 mm wide), an external shot of the building will help with picking the age too. Dry pressed brick were common up to...

A fire order is an order issued by council to comply with the building regulations. As the unit is 20 years old it should be BCA compliant. it may predate the BCA (1990) but not Ordinance 70. The fire order specifically relates to the fire safety of the occupants eg fire doors, exit lighting...

try Doors R us Agree with too Tools - however if you can put the replacement back onto BC it would be a better option. I take it that you have bought into an old block of units MGE. My concern would be that a fire order may be in the wind, so lots of compliance issues and special levies to come.

The jamb is cracked. Is it your front door? Should you have a solid core door with a minimum of -/--/60 rating? One swift kick from an intruder and their inside your unit. No more gaps is for gaps not structural repair work. Time for a new jamb as this is the side which holds up the door.