About the March 2024 edition
The March 2024 edition of The VIC Strata Magazine focuses heavily on insurance, building maintenance, and sustainability for Victorian owners corporations. Key insurance topics include the consequences of missing renewal deadlines, commission entitlements in management contracts, excess division across multiple water-damaged units, and ensuring committee transparency in insurance reporting. The edition also covers sustainability upgrade approvals, air conditioning installation requests, building colour rules, surplus space asset conversion, and security audit compliance.
- Approving an owners request to install air conditioning – Callum Wilson, The Strata Shepherd
- Insights into Strata Finance – Lannock Strata Finance
- If the management contract states the manager is entitled to an insurance commission, can the OC still arrange the insurance? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Unlock Your Buildings Value by Converting Surplus Spaces into Valuable Assets – Asset Strata Valuers
- Forgetting the insurance renewal cost us a 285% rise in premiums – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions and Callum Wilson, The Strata Shepherd
- If our rules don't mention outward appearance, can the OC dictate colours? – Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law
- Can the committee reasonably refuse sustainability upgrades like thermally efficient windows? – The Knight
- If multiple units are damaged by water ingress, how is the excess divided? – Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law
- Attend a security audit, or your fob will be disabled – The Knight
- We haven't painted our 80s building for 40 years – Callum Wilson, The Strata Shepherd
- How can owners be sure the committee provides a true report for the insurance renewal? – Zac Gleeson, GQS
- Benefits of your Strata Manager being an SCA Member – Strata Community Association (VIC)
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