Affected by Wild Weather? Here are three key steps to take
With the wild weather around the east coast here are the three vital steps to take if you are affected.
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Air-conditioners, kitchen renos and EV chargers: What happens when a building does not have enough electrical capacity?
Energy capacity, or lack thereof, and how our schemes are dealing with it is becoming a big issue. I was promoted to write this blog after a LookUp Strata reader raised the issue of their scheme banning AC installations due to a lack of capacity. I’ve set out some of the available approaches.
Building Management Agreements: 3 tips for negotiations
The new year (2025) seems to be bringing change for a number of my clients in relation to their building management agreements. I provide three key tips when looking to change your schemes management agreement.
My rules for a good meeting: recording decisions in meeting minutes
My rules for a good meeting and some guidance on when minutes are required and what needs to be recorded.
Some ideas on regulating the use of EV chargers in your scheme
Walking around my home I was (un)pleasantly surprised by the number of items that I had that use a lithium-ion battery. Given the coverage of the risks of these batteries […]
Unit entitlements: what are they? And how can they be reallocated?
Unit entitlements , or UE’s, are important. They are the basis for your voting rights and how much you pay in relation to levies. In this post I discuss how […]
Regulating the use of EV Chargers
Recently I was asked two questions about the EV charging of vehicles in schemes. EV charging is becoming a concern for our schemes due to the uptake of electric and hybrid vehicles. The questions were not about how to install an EV charging system but about regulating the use of common property power and whether there is a power to regulate the use of EV chargers in lots in a community title scheme.
Please review your by-laws! Absolute prohibitions are generally not okay
Please, please review your by-laws, some four years after the Cooper decision making a by-law containing an absolute prohibition against animals invalid on the basis it was harsh, unconscionable and […]
Thinking about buying a strata or community title property? Do a search!
Buying a property? Please do a strata or community title search before you sign on the dotted line! Why? read on
Insurances, Commissions and Kickbacks in our Strata & Community Title Schemes
My thoughts on the ABC investigation into insurances, commissions and kickbacks within our strata and community title schemes in the context of strata & community title legislation and fiduciary obligations (in particular the duty to disclose).
Thoughts from a strata lawyer ... 