WILLS & ESTATES NEWS
Terminated Caretaking Agreements – is it the Courts Problem
TERMINATED CARETAKING AGREEMENTS - IS IT THE COURTS PROBLEM? We all know that disputes about terminated caretaking and letting agreements are heard by QCAT. However the Supreme Court of Queensland has recently considered whether the Courts...
Fixing the Lottery this is Building Defects in NSW Strata Buildings
FIXING THE LOTTERY THAT IS BUILDING DEFECTS IN NSW STRATA BUILDINGS We have all heard about the appalling building defects that have occurred in a number of new strata buildings in Sydney in recent years. Complexes such as “Opal Tower” and...
ARAMA Service Provider Finalist
ANNOUNCEMENT ARAMA Service Provider Finalist 2021 ARAMA Australian Resident Accommodation Managers' Association congratulates Col Myers on becoming a finalist in ARAMA's Management Rights Industry Top Awards. These Awards are designed to...
Pros and Cons of Pooled Letting
PROS AND CONS OF POOLED LETTING When an owner lets out their unit through an on-site letting agent, there are two ways that the owner’s letting income is typically calculated. These can be described as the “direct income” method or the...
Resolutions Without Dissent
THE POWER OF ONE The Queensland strata legislation, like other States’ legislation, includes varying motion types which necessitate different levels of voting support in order to become resolutions. Each State has unique categories of...
When Should A Body Corporate Allow A Discount for an Overdue Payment?
WHEN SHOULD A BODY CORPORATE ALLOW A DISCOUNT FOR AN OVERDUE PAYMENT? The legislation has created a significant incentive for owners to pay their contributions by allowing a body corporate to fix a discount of up to 20% to be given to owners...
What is Gallery Vie
WHAT IS GALLERY VIE? What is Gallery Vie, and why is the caretaker wanting to vary the caretaking agreement? Gallery Vie is the name of a strata building which was involved in a 2015 Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT)...
Termination of Residential Tenancies in NSW after the COVID-19 Moratorium
TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES IN NSW AFTER THE COVID-19 MORATORIUM The temporary tenancy moratorium introduced by the NSW Government to restrict when landlords could evict residential tenants due to rental arrears as a result of...
Reallocation of Exclusive Use Areas – A Cost on Who?, For the Benefit of Two
REALLOCATION OF EXCLUSIVE USE AREAS - A COST ON WHO?, FOR THE BENEFIT OF TWO A situation that frequently comes across my desk is where two or more lot owners (but usually just two) are seeking to ‘swap’ exclusive use areas between their...
Changes to NSW Strata Laws
CHANGES TO NSW STRATA LAWS There are now 81,717 strata schemes registered in NSW and every year this number grows by more than 1,000 across both Sydney and regional NSW. Minister for Better Regulation, Kevin Anderson, has stated that, with...