March 2023 – BCM conference
Posted onHow much should you pay for a body corporate manager in Queensland?
December 2022 – Short term letting
Posted onMany schemes in South East Queensland have had issues with lot owners leasing their lots using AirBNB or other similar service providers. The BCCMA prohibits by-laws that restrict the leasing of units or restrict the type of residential use that can be made of the unit. By-laws seeking to prohibit the short term letting of […]
June 2022 – Body Corporate Manager exit fees
Posted onWhen a body corporate manager is offering themselves as your new contractor, very few (none to our knowledge) impose a setup fee. They waive setup fees to be competitive and win your business. We do this too. However, there is substantial work for the body corporate manager to be done at the time of setting […]
July 2021 – Car parking in a commercial scheme
Posted onWe’ve recently taken on body corporate management of a commercial scheme which has car parking problems. The scheme is a light industrial property of seven lots. There is car parking along the front of the property which is all common property. A scheme to allocate some exclusive use car parking areas was resolved at an […]
October 2020 – New BCCM regulations in Qld
Posted onThere will be plenty of websites wanting to tell you about the new changes to the Queensland BCCM regulations that will come into force on March 1st 2021. Rather than giving our spin on the new regulations, we recommend reading the summary of the changes to the Standard module regulation as written by the queensland […]
May 2020 – COVID-19
Posted onThe government has addressed COVID-19 temporary measures to assist lot owners in bodies corporate. One of those measures requires any penalty interest that would normally be applied to a lot ledger, due to an upaid levy, to not be applied. This measure must be in place from 25th May through to 31st December 2020. After […]
March 2020 – Duplexes – An inconvenient truth
Posted onThere are about 25,000 duplexes in Queensland. When selling a duplex, a problem can arise for the buyer, the seller, or both. There can be some significant blind eye and misinformation being transacted. At one extreme is a duplex that is under body corporate administration by a body corporate manager. In a recent example, the […]
December 2019 – Disputes take time to resolve
Posted onBack in May 19, an EGM for one of our schemes was held that resolved to move airconditioning condensers to a new location on common property. The six condensers, which are utility infrastructure that forms part of common property (but are maintained by lot owners) were causing nuisance to some lot owners and this is […]
October 2019 – Unpaid levies
Posted onUnpaid levies can be a financial headache for a body corporate, particularly a small body corporate. When the committee has taken all the inital actions of confirming that levies are getting through to the lot owner and sending reminders, what can they do? The BCCM regulations require that they must take action if the debt […]
May 2019 – Body Corporate Manager motions
Posted onLot owners have the right to propose a general motion to appoint a body corporate manager of their preference. Their choice of body corporate manager may not match the committee’s preference. In such cases, a motion with alternatives will appear on the AGM Notice of meeting. Lot owners will then get an opportunity to vote […]