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Video tutorial: 25-year Caretaking & Letting Agreements - How are these contracts created?
Ever wondered how the "management rights" for your Gold Coast building were created in the first place? Watch this video 'crash course'...
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It's not about the leak, it's about how you react to the leak.
During heavy tropical rainfall in the Gold Coast, there are 3 kinds of apartment residents: those experiencing no leaks (obviously the...
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Raptis Group Pty Ltd branching into management rights in the Gold Coast
Gold Coast property developer, Raptis Group Pty Ltd, is now seeking to acquire beneficial interests in management rights in two of the...
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Body Corporate Building Insurance Coverage
With all the rainfall in South East Queensland in February 2022, it is time for a reminder about what a Body Corporate's mandatory...
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Fire Door Frame Corrosion
Corrosion from salt spray can be a real problem for common property metal fire door frames. Your Body Corporate (made up of all owners)...
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Take the Committee Member Personality Test
A big part of building a well-functioning Committee is understanding that it takes all kinds of people to make the world go round. When...
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Know how much you really pay your Body Corporate Manager
Gold Coast apartment owners, we're going to let you in on an 'open secret' in the Body Corporate management industry in the Gold Coast......
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Body Corporate Changes on 30 April 2022
Committee Members, diarise 30 April 2022 in your diary. 30 April 2022 is the day the Qld COVID-19 legislation is currently due to expire....
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Proper accounting records
A Body Corporate levies money from lot owners to pay for its expenses to maintain the common property and take out the mandatory...
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Inspect Your Body Corporate Records
Giving apartment owners access to inspect their Body Corporate’s records is enshrined in Body Corporate law. The purpose is to give...
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Our Open Letter to the Attorney General of Queensland & the Reply (They're Working on it (Jan 2022))
We asked the Attorney- General of Queensland how our society starts working towards creating empowered apartment owners and bodies...
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Lot Owner Motions for the Body Corporate Committee
In between Annual General Meetings, even if you are not on the Committee, the regulations enable lot owners to interact with their Body...
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Brand New Apartments - When does the Developer have to call and hold our First Body Corporate AGM?
The Developer for a new Gold Coast apartment building* has a duty to call and hold the First AGM for the new Body Corporate within the...
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Masterclass query: Short Term Accommodation in my apartment building
This article is based on a query by a Broadbeach apartment owner at our 2021 Masterclass for Gold Coast apartment owners. It relates to a...
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Masterclass Query: To stay or go with an Origin Energy Serviced Hot Water agreement
This blog is based on a query raised by a Main Beach Committee Member at our 2021 Masterclass for Gold Coast apartment owners. It is...
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Committee decision reasonableness
Key lessons for Committees: When a lot owner raises an issue, research your Body Corporate records thoroughly; Don't simply rely on what...
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What is the QLeave levy and does our Body Corporate have to pay it?
If your Body Corporate is planning to do a maintenance or repair work project to its apartment building costing $150,000 (exclusive of...
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The controversial doormat
The story starts with a new committee for a new Queensland apartment building and body corporate and an apartment owner with history of...
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