Noise, pets, parking and smoke: a practical playbook for Queensland onsite managers handling resident disputes under the BCCM Act, from nuisance and pet by-laws to contravention notices, BCCM conciliation and QCAT appeals.
Body Corporate for Santorini by the Sea v Melville [2026] QCATA 132: caretakers who lost a claim for unpaid pay after a lockout could not re-run it as a loss-of-profit claim. What Queensland onsite managers should learn about pleading, records and appeal deadlines.
A clipboard at the door, a pen that doesn’t work, and a sign-in sheet full of names you can’t read and phone numbers with a…
EV chargers in Queensland schemes: committee vs general meeting, the $3,000 minor-improvement test, exclusive-use bays, communal cost thresholds, by-laws and metering — what onsite managers should have ready.
Queensland Court of Appeal [2026] QCA 229: flawed caretaker remuneration review advice does not deprive QCAT of jurisdiction. What onsite managers and management rights holders should note.
Photographing the unit, writing the ad, entering it on one portal after another and then chasing each one when something doesn’t update. Advertising a listing…
What Queensland bodies corporate must insure, the AGM insurance disclosures (including commissions), five-yearly valuations, and what onsite managers get asked.
Most Queensland onsite managers run a letting business under a real estate or resident letting agent licence, with a trust account audited every year. A…
Under Queensland’s BCCM Act, caretakers carry out duties while committees make decisions. The code of conduct, restricted issues and remedial action notices explained for onsite managers.
QLD BCCM interim ruling: urgent bid to de-energise a Bulimba basement EV charger fails. Practical takeaways for Queensland onsite managers and committees.
