Strata topics
A motion was proposed to install handrails on the common pathway… I asked the body corporate chairman when the handrails would be installed. He told me he was too busy to get quotes. Should I bypass the strata chairperson and request our body corporate management company to install the safety rails? – Donald, NSW
Q: In December 2020 our body corporate held its AGM.
A motion was proposed (and unanimously voted for) to install handrails …
We need to have some significant maintenance done and there is no money in the bank… We have suggested that there needs to be an emergency levy and sinking fund to prevent this from happening again but the other owners say they can’t afford it. We want to resign as volunteer managers and appoint a professional manager but imagine that if we do then one of the other owners will volunteer and we will continue in the same situation. What advice can you give us? – Brenda, VIC
Q: My husband and I are the very naïve volunteer managers of a set of 4 units.
We took over the …
Does an owner have the right to request all details in a balance sheet and P&L prepared by the body corporate? – Ernst, QLD
Q: I am a new owner (first time): Does an owner have the right to request all details in a balance …
Is there a regulated timeframe where a lot owner must be informed of a committee meeting and or receive an agenda for the proposed meeting? – Tom, QLD
Q: Is there a regulated timeframe where a lot owner must be informed of a committee meeting and or receive an …
Our strata property has three lots and it is managed by a strata manager. The other two owners are keen to switch to self-managed. I’m very uncomfortable about this due to the work and risks involved. Is there anything I can do to prevent a move to self-managed if the other owners decide they want to go through with it? – David, NSW
Q: Our strata property has three lots and it is managed by a strata manager.
The other two owners are keen to …
Are there any reasons such as legal orders which allow any owner to have a legal right not to pay strata fee？- Steven, NSW
Q: Are there any reasons such as legal orders which allow any owner to have a legal right not to pay …
Do you have a ‘Code of Etiquette’ or Conduct or similar? Also, do you have a written process for how to deal with repairs, requests, work order, etc? – Sue, NSW
Q: Do you have a ‘code of etiquette’ or conduct or similar? I have recently become secretary of our strata committee …
Owners of a block of units would like to call an extraordinary meeting. How do we go about this? – Maria, NSW
Q: Owners of a block of units would like to call an extraordinary meeting. How do we go about this? Do …
If I own two units in the same complex do I get two votes on each resolution? – Yvette, QLD
Q: If I own two units in the same complex do I get two votes on each resolution?
A: When it comes …
How many make a decision making quorum in an ordinary meeting of a total of 7 members? – Stephen, QLD
Q: How many make a decision making quorum in an ordinary meeting of a total of 7 members?
A: This will depend …
The secretary of my body corporate and the strata management agent refuse/are unable to produce the invoice of the expense item in the financial record that I have requested. Where can I get help to resolve these issues? – Mary, NSW
Q: The secretary of my strata property and the strata management agent refuse/are unable to produce the invoice of the expense …
I’m an owner and on the committee of a small block of apartments in Victoria. Do I have the right to suggest an agenda item for our upcoming AGM? – Vincent, VIC
Q: I’m an owner and on the committee of a small block of apartments in Victoria. Do I have the right …
Is the owner who has not paid strata fee qualified to continue or become a committe member? – Steven, NSW
Q: Is the owner who has not paid strata fees qualified to continue or become a committee member？
A: No, as owners …
How can we get our committee to enforce the visitor parking by-law? – Marie, QLD
Q: How can we get our committee to enforce the visitor parking by-law? They have not acted on form 1 issued …
Is a lot owner in a Residential Standard Module able to bring a non voting person to an AGM as support or an adviser? – Brian, QLD
Q: Is a lot owner in a Residential Standard Module able to bring a non-voting person to an AGM as support …