About the November 2023 edition
The November 2023 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine covers by-law enforcement, caretaker management, and body corporate governance in Queensland schemes. Key topics include enforcement of unfavourable by-laws, short-term versus long-term letting restrictions, caretaker contract extension obligations, and fire door fine authority. The edition also addresses towing misconceptions, waterproofing membrane maintenance, pet vote requirements, surplus space value conversion, and committee entry rights under by-laws.
- Waiting for a member to be financial before a vote is taken – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Should the committee meeting minutes include information about significant unpaid levies? – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- What are our requirements to consider the caretaker's request for an extension? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Maintenance guide – waterproofing membranes – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- If renewing strata insurance doesn't warrant a strata meeting, what does? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Towing: It is not the free for all that people might think it is! – Chris Irons, Strata Solve & Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- Unlock your buildings value by converting surplus spaces into valuable assets – Asset Strata Valuers
- Even bad by-laws must be enforced – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- Can a power of attorney be elected to the committee? – Katya Prideaux, Mahoneys
- Terminating your body corporate manager – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Our by-laws only allow short term, not long term, letting – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Proximity of common area BBQs. How close is too close? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Our committee wants to stop maintaining lawns and gardens and become a conservation covenant – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Can a by-law permit the committee to enter your lot? – Alanna Hill, Mathews Hunt Legal
- How Foodifox is changing the food delivery game for residential buildings – Foodifox
- Can our body corporate issue fines for opening the fire door? – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters & Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Does a vote to allow a pet need to be unanimous? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
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