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Something has got to be done about the “industry” that is developing, or has already developed, around the process of a body corporate giving its…
ARTICLE BY JOHN PUNCH Ever since management rights sales began some 38 years ago, the standard method for calculating a sale price has been to…
When the original Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 was drafted, it contained a provision that made it illegal for a Body Corporate to…
Licensing A NSW owners corporation may engage a licensed strata managing agent to help manage their strata scheme. Unlike the position in Queensland, only a…
Under new rules announced on the weekend by the Andrews government, tenants in Victoria will now access a raft of new rights and liberties at…
The extent of services which a body corporate is authorised to provide, and in some cases, must provide, to lot owners, is limited to those…
Every lot has areas within them that are common property. Consequently, owners wanting to make changes or undertake renovations may require approval from the Owners…
Bush lawyers abound out there in strataland. Someone heard from someone else that someone did something or got something and then that becomes the rumour…
Some strata communities – formerly known as Body Corporates – aren’t liable to pay tax. However, this is not applicable to all stratas, and wrongly…