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QLD: Recovering $6000 repair costs after a tenant’s bath overflows

Question: Our body corporate repaired $6000 in water damage after a tenant’s bath overflowed into the unit below, but the landlord is now denying any liability. How do we recover the debt?

ACT: Can one owner block mandatory common property repairs

Question: One owner is demanding a unanimous vote on mandatory common property repairs, which they plan to vote against. Can they legally block the work?

WA: Strata manager accounting errors. What are the financial reporting obligations?

Question: Our strata manager doesn’t appear to employ a qualified bookkeeper, and our financial reports contain what look like accounting errors. What can our council demand by way of monthly reconciliations and supported annual reports?

QLD: Why is duplex insurance hard to find?

Question: We own one of two lots in a QLD duplex registered as a community titles scheme, and our insurer has significantly increased our premium. Is a duplex community titles scheme eligible for standard strata insurance?

NSW: Using GIPA to access police reports in NSW strata disputes

Question: My GIPA applications for NSW police event reports related to a strata fire safety dispute were fully redacted. Does my name need to appear in the reports before I can access them?

QLD: No need to apply blowtorch to recover levies

In a rising interest rate and higher inflation environment (again!), body corporate levies are often one of the first bills that people don’t pay.

NSW: Fence disputes: Procedure matters as much as position

Disputes between neighbours about dividing fences are common across New South Wales, particularly where there is disagreement about responsibility or cost of fencing work, or alleged damage, and in cases where years have gone by and the fence has become dilapidated.

QLD: Who’s actually holding the risk in your body corporate? It’s probably not who you think.

Risk in a body corporate context is rarely where people expect it to be. That was the central message from Frank Higginson, partner and strata lawyer at Redchip Strata Law, during a recent LookUpStrata Queensland webinar.

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