Strata managers are incapable of effectively self-regulating insurance commissions in strata schemes and the payments should be completely banned, says a consumer lobby group. The Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby Inc (ACIL) says failed…
A story in last weekend’s Australian Financial Review makes grim reading for anyone concerned about the spreading trade in management rights into NSW and Victoria from Queensland. We always knew…
Here in strata we are always complaining that no one listens to us owners and residents – so it’s gratifying that responses have been flowing in for our strata management…
Do you live in a strata block that runs like a well-oiled machine, with no hassles and little strife, and wonder what exactly you pay your strata manager for? Alternatively,…
Does your apartment block need a building manager? Do you have one but don’t know what he or she does? Do you even know what a building manager is and…
Strata is full of people offering advice and opinions based on nothing more than something they heard from someone who might not even live in an apartment … or even…
Queensland apartment owners are ramping up their battles to regain control over their homes on two fronts. One aspect is the fundamentally immoral (but entirely legal) practise of developers selling…
It’s a bumper crop of Forum posts this week but I’m drawn to one that reminds me of a friend of mine – a real estate agent – who was…
One of the longest-running rows in strata has been around the fact that strata managers can legally charge commission on the insurance policies they organise for strata owners. Considering strata…
Amid all the discussions on this website about strata law, regulations and by-laws, we spend a lot of time talking about the way things ought to be and the difference…
Here’s a conundrum from way out of left field, and then some. One of our Flatchatters has just received a final demand, and a threat of legal action, from a…
At any level of politics it can be hugely frustrating when the numbers on both sides are equal. With everyone in their respective trenches, it can take a casting vote…