About the February 2025 edition
The February 2025 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine covers fire safety obligations, EV charging governance, and by-law management in Queensland body corporate schemes. Key topics include fire damper inspection frequency, overlooked fire safety systems, EV charging committee responsibilities, and the risks of lot owners maintaining common property lawns. The edition also addresses unauthorised by-law changes by majority owners, storage cage upgrade approvals, QR code trade access systems, and the body corporate's legal threshold for common property maintenance obligations.
- Approvals for upgrading a storage cage – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Majority owner changes by-laws without body corporate approval – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- Can an owner insure against a large water damage claims excess? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Are QR codes the best option for trade access? – Jake Sharp, MiMOR
- Why you might need more than an annual fire safety inspection – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- Where do I find a copy of the by-laws? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- EV charging a live-wire issue for body corporate committees – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- Unreasonable pet protocols: Only exit via the stairwell – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Risks associated with lot owners maintaining common property lawns – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- A body corporate should look at various factual and historical matters before spending lot owners' money – Michael Kleinschmidt, Bugden Allen
- How regularly do we need to have fire damper inspections? – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters
- Fire safety systems: Are they being overlooked in your building? – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters
- Should these charges be the responsibility of the developer? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- When has the BC fulfilled its legal obligations to maintain and repair common property? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
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