The Cladding Safety Victoria Bill 2020 Provides Owners Relief but Set to Retrospectively Increase the Building Industry’s Liability
The Victorian Parliament has recently introduced a bill to establish a new governing body to oversee the cladding rectification program for residential and public buildings and to retrospectively amend the…
I’m Not Paying For That… I Don’t Even Have A Balcony!
It is not uncommon for us to have our clients seek our advice in relation to who must pay for repairs, maintenance or other works to common property. This is…
The Future of Apartment Living – Post COVID-19
We’ve all spent far too much time over the winter months holed up in our apartments working at home, educating at home and living at home. Home has become our…
Owners Corporations: Smoking & Smoke Drift During COVID-19 Lockdown
We live in an apartment block. We have a serious issue of second-hand smoke in our unit. The excessive amount of smoking by some of the residents,…
Should We Audit Our Owners Corporation in Victoria?
“Should We Audit Our Owners Corporation in Victoria?” is a question that we are regularly asked by strata Committees here at Strata Management Consultants. Owners Corporations in Victoria that are…
Owners Corporation Managers Cannot Claim “Privacy” for Access to Strata Records
Owners corporations employ owners corporation managers to keep the books and records of the owners corporation. A problem often arises when owners corporation Committees and Owners want access those records.
EXTENSION FOR VICTORIANS SEEKING CLADDING COST CLAIMS
Victorians will be given an extra two years to pursue legal action against builders responsible for installing combustible cladding on their homes under legislation being introduced to the Victorian Parliament…
COVID Q&A: Private Renovations, Cladding Rectifications and Nuisance from Pets
Question: The apartment next door to me is being renovated during COVID-19 … The builders are there all day banging on their tools and using their power tools. Maybe this…
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