About the June 2025 edition
This June 2025 edition of The VIC Strata Magazine addresses building repair and financial accountability, covering cost-plus builder agreements, concrete cancer repair methods, EV charging in older apartment blocks with limited electrical supply, and high strata fees in buildings without amenities. It also tackles governance and dispute questions including how owners can complain about committee behaviour, submitting AGM motions to enforce compliance with the Act, initiating urgent action, and a disability access request met with the response that the owners "should have chosen a more appropriate place to live", alongside insurance commission rebates for self-managed schemes. With insights from Victorian strata lawyers, managers, and industry specialists, this edition offers practical guidance for owners corporations navigating repairs, accountability, and owner rights.
- Can our self-managed strata get a commission rebate from the insurance broker? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Leading the way in strata funding – Lannock Strata Finance
- Are cost-plus agreements like giving the builder a blank cheque? – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- Overcoming limit of supply for EV charging in a 60s apartment block – Charlie Richardson, NOX Energy
- High strata fees for a building with no amenities – Alex Smale, Melbourne Owners Corporation Services
- How can owners complain about the behaviour and actions of the committee? – Joel Chamberlain, Horizon Strata Management Group and Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law
- Initiating action quickly when faced with an urgent issue – Michael Kleinschmidt, Bugden Allen Group Legal
- Can an owner submit a motion to the AGM requesting that the committee comply with the Act? – Joel Chamberlain, Horizon Strata Management Group
- How to repair concrete cancer – Sam Hogg, PASG Projects
- Request for disability access told they "should have chosen a more appropriate place to live" – Leila Idris, Grace Lawyers
- Strata law forum 2025: A landmark day for legal leadership in strata – SCA (VIC)
