Forum: Can we hire tradies without paying SM?
Forum: Can you hire a gardener directly? Advice needed on collective sale. Chair hates new air-con. Owners add a room. Drying carpets after upstairs fire.
Reply To: Do committees have to use strata management for every task
Even if you have a management agreement that delegates all functions to a managing agent, the executive committee or the owners corporation as a whole can still exercise any of…
Podcast: Hot Seat Part 2 – Vexatious litigants
Podcast: In this second part of Lawyer in the Hot Seat, David Bannerman answers questions about vexatious litigants, internal disputes and embedded networks.
Reply To: Drying out of lot due to water damage from common property pipes
Captain Kayak wrote: We understand that generally, a lot owner is responsible for carpet replacement and we are in the process of replacing carpet at our expense. I think there…
Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat – Part 1
Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat Part 1 brings you lithium batteries, balcony Vegepods, black mould and underperforming strata committees
‘Strata Trap’ manager first to be banned for life
The strata manager who featured in the ABCTV Four Cornners Strata Trap episode was last week banned permanently and his company had its licence cancelled.
Reply To: Any luck in changing strata management contract with unfair terms?
Lawman wrote: Our strata manager has submitted a new strata management contract using the SCA form Version 2024. Clause 6.2 states the agent’s maximum liability shall not exceed any cap…
Reply To: Any luck in changing strata management contract with unfair terms?
Our strata manager has submitted a new strata management contract using the SCA form Version 2024. Clause 6.2 states the agent’s maximum liability shall not exceed any cap set by…
Strata loan or Special Levy for $900k project?
Whether to seek funding via a private strata finance company for a large building project involving replacement of 20 balconies: ie 4 metal panels and 4 metal posts per apartment.…
Forum: My balcony veggie planter’s been banned
Forum: Balcony veggie planter banned, $900k balcony repairs, townhouse driveway deemed lot property, fines for strata managers, bathroom ventilation.
Secrets of strata living … it’s all in the game
How can we prepare future generations for their lives in flats and townhouses, asks a leading strata manager. The answer may be in game play.
Reply To: Strata committee refuses to make insurance claim
As an owner you have a n “interest” in the common property, which allows you to make a claim without the approval of the OC. The details for the insurance…