Know Your Neighbours

Know Your Neighbours

This month, Draincare have outlined the benefits of knowing your neighbours when living in a strata scheme. As a plumbing maintenance company who services numerous body corporate clients through an afterhours service it comes to light that numerous unit occupants...
Power to Enter a Lot

Power to Enter a Lot

Can a lot owner refuse access to their lot to a contractor, engaged by the Body Corporate to complete maintenance? Section 163 of the Body Corporate and community Management Act 1997 states: In this months adjudication order, the Body Corporate sought an order from...
Building Format Plan Maintenance

Building Format Plan Maintenance

The Body Corporate Commissioner defines the maintenance responsibilities for Building Format Plans. Owners and committees are often confused about who is responsible for maintenance within their body corporate. This is not surprising as it is not always a simple...
Standard Format Plan Maintenance

Standard Format Plan Maintenance

The Body Corporate Commissioner defines the maintenance responsibilities for Standard Format Plans. Maintenance in a body corporate can be a confusing issue. Many owners and committees assume the body corporate, for example, is responsible for all the exterior...
Shared Solar For Apartments & Townhouses

Shared Solar For Apartments & Townhouses

This month we have partnered with LPE to help you better understand solar energy in Bodies Corporate. Renewable electricity plays a pivotal role in our collective journey toward a greener, more sustainable future. Yet, the millions of Australians living in apartments...