Dealing With Water Damage – Who Is Responsible?
Water has an incredible ability to find its way into all sorts of strange places. In community schemes, this can quickly fudge the outlines of…
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Legal
Legal articles relating to legislation, disputes and civil suits
Strata Law Reform – 64 Final Recommendations
Following on from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) recommendations released in February 2017, a further 64 “final” recommendations have been released in a recent announcement made by…
Body Corporate Spending Limits (QLD)
The Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (BCCM Act) sets out a number of spending limits. Some of these intersect with others. Some need to go to…
Fight For Your Extension
I have had a number of managers come to me very concerned that their committee will not support an extension of their caretaking and letting…
The Importance of Smoke Alarm Compliance
TheOnsiteManager.com.au is delighted to announce that we have partnered with Hotspots Australia to ensure your smoke alarm and other compliance obligations are being met. With…
LEGISLATION NOT LITIGATION
(By Martin Punch of Short Punch & Greatorix Lawyers) Many court cases involve the interpretation of legislation, which in some cases leaves room for a…
Lease Backs, Are They Worth It?
Management Rights usually operate on the basis that the Manager acts strictly as a Letting Agent for the unit owners who wish to let out…
Proposed BCCM Act review recommendations announced
Hot on the heels of the lot entitlement review recommendations, we now have the recommendations paper in response to another of the BCCMA option papers….
New smoke alarm requirements from 1 January 2017
There are new requirements for smoke alarms in all dwellings (being houses or units) from 1 January this year. The rules are not retrospective but…
Options, Be Very Aware
A valid and current Caretaking Agreement and Letting Agreement (“Agreement”) with a healthy term remaining is one of the most valuable assets in a management…
