The QLD Strata Magazine August 2022

About the August 2022 edition

The August 2022 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine covers flood insurance review, BUGTA amendments, and maintenance planning in Queensland body corporate schemes. Key topics include flood cover adequacy, EV charger approval denial remedies, BUGTA legislative amendments, and capital works maintenance plan accuracy. The edition also addresses rooftop garden maintenance, building defect certifier claims, termite inspection funding, window flashing repair obligations, and strategies for dealing with persistent by-law breaches.

  • Is now the time to review your flood cover? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions 
  • Application to install an EV Charger denied. What do I do now? – Michael Kleinschmidt, Stratum Legal 
  • Capital works / maintenance plans: getting it right – Sedgwick 
  • If windows are missing flashing but not leaking, are we required to carry out repairs? – Gary Stevenson, Windowline 
  • Who maintains the roof top garden? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate 
  • Do we need to supply quotes with our submitted motion? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys 
  • Dealing with relentless bylaw breaches – Chris Irons, Strata Solve 
  • BUGTA amendments – Mahoneys | Water run off from the upstairs tenant's balcony garden – Chris Irons, Strata Solve 
  • Can we make a claim against the certifier for building defects? – Francesca Barnes, Mahoneys 
  • Why are our admin levies more than our sinking fund levies? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate 
  • Restricting lot owner access to common property – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal 
  • Should the BC be paying for regular termite inspections? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate 
  • Lather, rinse and repeat - an effective advocacy strategy that delivers more than clean hair – SCA (Qld)

August 2022 QLD Strata Magazine Authors

Tyrone Shandiman
Strata Insurance Solutions
William Marquand
Tower Body Corporate
Chris Irons
Strata Solve
Frank Higginson
Redchip Strata Law

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