The VIC Strata Magazine | September 2022

  • Does our building insurance cover owner installed EV Chargers? 
  • Developer purchased our common property for $1 
  • Who is responsible for the cost of repair of the front fence? 
  • Breach notices in a small self managed scheme 
  • Can a townhouse be insured separately if it is a service-only OC with no common area? 
  • Strata Insurance: One owner will not pay 
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Latest Articles From LookUpStrata

NAT: Would you make a good Strata Manager? – September 2022


Alisha Fisher, SCA + a panel of strata managers from across Australia!

NSW Q: What happens in an apartment fire? Watch this first hand account of a strata emergency


COO Bob Epps & Account Manager Haydn Smith, 2020 Fire Protection

WA: Our by-laws say a structural alteration can be approved by the managing agent or council of owners. Isn't this in conflict with section 87 of the Act?

Jamie Horner, Empire Estate Agents

QLD Q: Do actions/decisions taken in the preceding years override body corporate by laws?


William Marquand,
Tower Body Corporate

NSW Q: What role do Executive Committee members play when dealing with major building defects?

Christopher Kerin,
Kerin Benson Lawyers

QLD: A new adjudication seems to make it very difficult to get consent for solar panel installations in tower constructions where there are many lots underneath a relatively small roof. Is this correct?

Michael Kleinschmidt, Stratum Legal

NSW: Changes to strata and community scheme laws: voting and executing documents electronically

NSW Government

QLD: My neighbour is in contravention of a bylaw by installing a clothesline. This affects my view. The BC has offered to extend the fence to solve the problem. Can the BC use their funds to pay for this?

Todd Garsden, Mahoneys

Last Edition's Star Articles

NSW Q: At our recent AGM, there was no vote taken on any of the motions. Is it a requirement that all motions at an AGM have a mover and seconder and then are put to the vote?

Leanne Habib, Premium Strata

QLD Q: As a lot owner, if I have concerns about the way in which voting for an office bearer was conducted at our recent AGM, do I challenge the strata manager or the committee?

William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate

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