The WA Strata Magazine November 2025

About the November 2025 edition

The November 2025 edition of The WA Strata Magazine covers insurance classification, legal rights, financial procedures, and building management for Western Australian strata schemes. Insurance articles address residential versus commercial property classification, compressor leak damage assessment, and balcony warranty responsibilities, while governance pieces examine strata record access rights, proxy lodgement timing, EGM procedural challenges, and council member proxy abuse. The edition also covers embedded network assets, concrete cancer repairs, special levy procedures, historic building modernisation, and levy debt tribunal recovery requirements.

  • Classifying strata property as residential or commercial for insurance purposes – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
  • Leading the way in strata funding – Lannock Strata Finance
  • Termination by mutual consent clauses let strata managers and councils part ways – SVN Perth
  • Old foundations, new futures: Bringing historic strata buildings to the 21st Century – Luke Downie, Realmark
  • Owners have a legal right to access strata records – Jamie Horner, Empire Estate Agents
  • Insurers distinguish between wear and tear and sudden damage when assessing compressor leaks – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
  • Embedded Network Assets: What you need to know – EnergyTec
  • Can you lodge a proxy before the AGM date is confirmed? – Courtney Butters-Kerr, B Strata
  • No trap in the shower drain causing odours in an ensuite – Luke Downie, Realmark
  • Can council members who repeatedly appoint a proxy for meetings be removed? – SVN Perth
  • Festive season in strata – ESM Strata
  • Who's responsible for fixing the balcony? First, check whether it's under warranty – Jamie Horner, Empire Estate Agents
  • Owners can challenge EGMs that fail to follow proper procedure – Luke Downie, Realmark
  • Ongoing levy debts require separate tribunal recovery proceedings – Petra Lohmann, Bugden Allen
  • How to repair concrete cancer – Sam Hogg, PASG Projects
  • Procedure for raising a special levy contribution – Andrew Chambers, Chambers Franklyn Strata Management

November 2025 WA Strata Magazine Authors

Tyrone Shandiman
Strata Insurance Solutions
Rick Blampey
SVN | Strata Management
Luke Downie
WA Strata Consultant
Jamie Horner
Empire Estate Agents
Petra Lohmann
Bugden Allen
Sam Hogg
PASG Projects
Andrew Chambers
Chambers Franklyn Strata Management

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