About the July 2025 edition
The July 2025 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine covers body corporate financial decisions, fire safety documentation, and community conduct across Queensland strata schemes. Key topics include the cost of deferring special levy repairs, insurance excess decision-making, prescribed fire safety document obligations, and the impact of module changes on short-stay permit eligibility. The edition also addresses e-scooter speed issues in complexes, unapproved common property structures, body corporate record-keeping of communications, and poolside dress code enforcement.
- Is implementing a discount to early payment of levies a committee decision? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- What is the potential opportunity cost of delaying special levy funded essential repairs? – Paul Morton, Lannock Strata Finance
- How can body corporates control costs when repairing concrete spalling? – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- What if our treasurer refuses to renew the strata insurance? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Does changing from the Accommodation to the Standard Module make it more difficult for landlords to obtain short-stay permits from the Council? – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- Who pays for unblocking the drain? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- How do we stop children from speeding through the complex on e-scooters? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Evicted tenants and unreturned keys: Who foots the rekeying bill? – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- Any communication about body corporate business is very likely going to be a body corporate record – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- What should the committee take into consideration when making a reasonable decision on who pays the excess? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Are we required to complete a tax return? – Rod Laws, TINWORTH & CO
- Unapproved cool room constructed on common property – Brendan Pitman, Grace Lawyers
- Prescribed Fire Safety Documents: Why they matter for your body corporate – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters
- Can an owner block car park ventilation vents to protect their car? – Dean Potgieter, Seymour Consultants
- Can the committee remove owner's stored items from the car park? – Karen Thompson, Vision Strata
- Bikinis by the pool. How brief is too brief? – Michael Kleinschmidt and Evelyn Hearn, Bugden Allen
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