The VIC Strata Magazine April 2023

About the April 2023 edition

The April 2023 edition of The VIC Strata Magazine covers a wide range of insurance, legal, infrastructure, and operational topics for Victorian owners corporations. Insurance articles address EV charger installation implications, mechanical breakdown coverage, the role of insurance brokers, and protection for apartment owners nationally, while legal pieces examine builder disputes, breach notice recipients, and conflict of interest in decision-making. The edition also explores practical strata management topics including asbestos identification, gutter repair responsibility, visitor parking solutions, strata cleaning selection, and the milestone first SCA VIC state-wide owners event.

  • Strata Loans: When to Involve a Finance Specialist in Your Project – Jenine Garcia, Lannock Strata Finance 
  • Protection for apartment owners around Australia – Bruce McKenzie and Morris Mellinger, Sedgwick and Corey Nugent, Resilience Insurance 
  • Are there insurance implications for installing EV chargers in a strata building? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions 
  • A solution to visitor parking... and booking EV chargers – Jake Sharp, MiMOR 
  • Is an air conditioner covered under mechanical breakdown insurance? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions 
  • Got a problem with a builder? – Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law 
  • How do I find out who owns the unit next door? – Gary Howell, MBCM Strata Specialists 
  • Important roles that support an Owners Corporation – The Knight 
  • Do we need an insurance broker? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions 
  • What if we have asbestos in the building? – Peter Berney, Solutions in Engineering 
  • Do we address the breach notice to the tenant or the owner? – Guy Garreffa, StrataPoint 
  • Conflict of interest and the decision making process – Alex Smale, The Knight 
  • Selecting the Right Strata Cleaner – Josh Onas, BCCS 
  • Who repairs the gutters and downpipes? – Dilshan Meemanage, MBCM Strata Specialists 
  • SCA (VIC) and owners - a first ever-state-wide event – SCA (Vic)

April 2023 VIC Strata Magazine Authors

Corey Nugent
Resilience Insurance
Tyrone Shandiman
Strata Insurance Solutions
Phillip Leaman
Tisher Liner FC Law Pty Ltd
Dakota Panetta
Solutions in Engineering

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