body corporate
Who is responsible for collecting meeting minutes when meetings and decisions are made via email? – Sue, QLD
Who keeps the minutes for Committee Meetings where the decisions are made via email. Where should the original be kept and …
Our administrative fund for our set of units is in negative figures and I’m unable to reach the body corporate manager for clarity. What should I do? – Kim, QLD
The administrative fund for our set of units is in negative figures. I have rung the body corporate managers a number …
When choosing a new colour scheme to paint a body corporate building, could an owner make a valid complaint that the choices offered are not wide enough or too similar? – Andrew, QLD
When choosing a new colour scheme to paint a high rise building, could an owner make a valid complaint that the …
My next door tenant neighbour smokes even though they’ve been told not to smoke indoors but on the balcony. Is there anything I can do as an owner? – Judith, QLD
Smoke drift is my problem. I live in a group of 36 Villas, some of which are holiday let, some tenanted …
What is the committee’s or body corporate’s role and extent of powers in enforcing by-laws? – Jason, QLD
What can the committee of the complex really do apart from sending letters to people for not following the by-laws? Are …
Can the body corporate declare umbrellas and awnings on balconies as dangerous and prohibit them? – Margaret, QLD
Our body corporate committee has declared umbrellas on balconies dangerous and must they be removed. Also, they say no awning or …
How many tradesman car parking spaces should be allowed per building? – Jeanette, QLD
You may find this information in your by-laws specific to your property type.
The Community Management Statement (CMS) recorded for the body …
If my landlord allows me to list a spare room on Airbnb, can the body corporate stop me? – Aroha, QLD
Bodies corporate cannot restrict how a lot owner chooses to utilise their private property or what type of residential use its …
What can be done if cigarette smoke blowing into our apartment and I’m not sure which apartment it is coming from? – Lynn, QLD
It’s hard to restrict someone from smoking within the premises of their own private property. In body corporate living, all owners …
When people next door smoke, it fills my unit and I have to close the door. Is there nothing I can do about stopping smoke drifting in to my apartment? – Helen, QLD
Owning body corporate property is all about community living, but the fact is all owners have a right to enjoy their …
Cigarette smoke from neighbours apartments gets into mine. I’m an asthmatic and this causes me constant issues. What can I do? – Nicole, QLD
Unfortunately, its hard to restrict people from smoking within their own property as all owners have the right to enjoy their …
Who cleans up garbage dumped in common bins by tenants who have left the building? – Darren, QLD
We have a common area bin room where all tenants are to put their rubbish in. A few tenants have left …
What can I do about my noisy gamer neighbour in the apartment above mine? – Hilly, QLD
I am in an apartment, the person above me must be a gamer as he yells all the time, really loud. …
I have a unit in an office complex and the front door which adjoins the front glass at the front of my unit needs a repair. Is the repair a body corporate expense or mine? – Michael, QLD
If you’re leasing the property to a tenant or if you’re in a commercial complex sometimes there are clauses in the …
Are external security doors the body corporate’s responsibilities? – Kim, QLD
Are external security doors part of the body corporate responsibilities? My unit is first floor and easily accessible for break ins. …