Body corporate committee members are owners who volunteer their time for the betterment of the building. They say 'no one does their best work for free'. But boy is there a lot of work to be done in a Gold Coast apartment building! We definitely see committee members trying their best, but are they getting all the help they really need?
If your owners have engaged a body corporate manager, you should be able to rely 100% on them to empower and enable your Committee and owners to achieve their goals.
Then why do owners and committee members alike experience so much frustration when their apartment building is managed by a traditional body corporate manager?
Slowness. Uncertainty on one side of the scale, black & white 'letter of the law' answers that polarise owners on the other side. An inability to strategise practical solutions that benefit all owners.
Committee members uncertain of whether they are getting the best advice from their body corporate manager could invest in 2 hours of self-learning designed by the information service arm of the Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management by doing their online course:
Click below link to access the online body corporate law course created by the Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management (what a mouthful!)
But ultimately, knowing the law is only takes you half way along the journey to a fantastically well run Body Corporate.
Partnering with a body corporate manager with a can-do attitude and excellent owner-centric approach to everything will get you there.
