About the February 2025 edition
This February 2025 edition of The VIC Strata Magazine tackles insurance and cost recovery, covering water damage caused by tenants, large claims excesses, and who bears responsibility when accidents affect the whole building. It also addresses governance and financial questions including the authority to raise special levies, revoking resolutions, chairperson requirements, and challenging long-term building management contracts at VCAT, alongside practical compliance topics such as fire safety inspections, fire door lock upgrades, trade access systems, EV charging on common property power, and owner access rights to common areas. With insights from Victorian strata lawyers, managers, insurance specialists, and industry bodies, this edition offers practical guidance for owners corporations navigating insurance, governance, and building management issues.
- Recovering costs from water damage caused by tenant – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Leading the way in strata funding – Lannock Strata Finance
- Why you might need more than an annual fire safety inspection – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- Can an owner seek an order from VCAT to change our 25-year BM contract? – Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law
- Are QR codes the best option for trade access? – Jake Sharp, MiMOR
- What if EV owners or visitors charge their vehicle in a common property power point? – Ross De Rango, Electric Vehicle Council
- Cash flow issues: Who has authority to raise a special levy? – Joel Chamberlain, Horizon Strata Management Group
- Fire compliance when changing entry door locks – Chris Chatham, LINKfire
- Can an owner insure against a large water damage claims excess? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Do owners have a right to access all common property areas? – Alex Smale, Melbourne Owners Corporation Services
- Can an owners corporation revoke a resolution? – Fabienne Loncar, Moray & Agnew Lawyers
- Does every owners corporation have to have a chairperson? – John Divita, MBCM Strata Specialists
- Benefits of having an SCA Member as your Strata Manager – SCA (VIC)
