About the November 2025 edition
The November 2025 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine covers fire door compliance, body corporate governance, and insurance management across Queensland strata schemes. Key topics include fire-rated door painting restrictions, fire door compliance requirements, stalled insurance claims from unresponsive owners, and sale conditions requiring defect repairs. The edition also addresses lot owner speaking rights at committee meetings, DIY repairs by committee members, by-law update registration fees, and caretaker remuneration and duties review processes.
- Retrospective approval of an unapproved fence on common property – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Strata budgets should reflect past expenses, expected increases and owner priorities – Matthew Faulkner, Matthew Faulkner Accountancy PTY LTD
- How committees can manage stalled insurance claims caused by unresponsive owners – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- How to handle sale conditions that require the body corporate to repair defects – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Accessible parking in strata: can residents use the visitors' space? – Frank Higginson, Redchip Strata Law
- Understanding lot owners' rights to speak at committee meetings – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- How to dispose of common property without disposing of common property – Todd Garsden and Connor Mahoney, Mahoneys
- Dealing with water and power use by a commercial lot in a strata scheme – Jarad Maher, Grace Lawyers
- Submissions and registration fees of updated by-laws – Frank Higginson, Redchip Strata Law
- Dealing with verbal abuse and defamation within a body corporate – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Someone's made an offer to buy my strata management business - what do I do? – Strata Business Brokers
- DIY repairs by committee members: what your body corporate must consider – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Restrictions and requirements for painting fire-rated apartment doors – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters
- Fire door compliance: How can I ensure my building's fire doors are compliant? – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters
- I received a Form 10 notice for communicating with owners – Brendan Pitman, Grace Lawyers
- Remuneration and duties reviews guide negotiation, but can't force contract changes – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
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