About the December 2025 edition
This December 2025 edition of The VIC Strata Magazine explores insurance, income and industry change, covering premium increases from short-term stays, renting out privately owned car spaces, and whether all-inclusive strata management agreements will give way to fee-for-service models. It also addresses meetings, money and maintenance, including recording proxies in AGM minutes, nominee biographies and how-to-vote guides, the maintenance plan loophole for approving works without a special resolution, realistic strata budgeting, recovering ongoing levy debts, obligations for unused or unsafe facilities, and accessible parking for residents. With insights from Victorian strata lawyers, accountants, and industry advisors, this edition offers practical guidance for owners corporations navigating governance, budgeting, and building management.
- Can higher insurance premiums due to short-term stays be charged to Airbnb owners? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Leading the way in strata funding – Lannock Strata Finance
- Whether to treat or replace rusted rebar in concrete cancer repairs – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- Can I rent out my privately owned car space in a commercial strata? – The Knight
- Will all-inclusive strata management agreements replace fee-for-service models – Michael Teys, Michael Teys Strata Advisory
- Hot Water Services – Can't I put them anywhere? – Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law
- Owners corporation obligations when facilities are unused or unsafe – Fabienne Loncar, Moray & Agnew Lawyers
- Are AGM minutes required to record proxies present at the AGM? – Alex Smale, Melbourne Owners Corporation Services
- Are nominee's biographies and "how to vote" guides a usual inclusion in AGM papers? – Ben Quirk, TOCS
- Did you know about the maintenance plan loophole that allows committees to approve works without a special resolution? – Alex McCormick, SOCM
- Strata budgets should reflect past expenses, expected increases and owner priorities – Matthew Faulkner, Matthew Faulkner Accountancy PTY LTD
- Ongoing levy debts require separate tribunal recovery proceedings – Petra Lohmann, Bugden Allen
- Are owners corporations required to provide accessible parking for residents? – Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law
