About the October 2022 edition
The October 2022 edition of The WA Strata Magazine addresses insurance coverage, building defect management, financial governance, and common property rights for Western Australian strata schemes. Insurance articles examine electrical wiring coverage, duplex insurance, insurable asset valuation currency, and wall crack repair responsibility, while governance pieces cover council of owners financial eligibility, emergency fund allocation between admin and reserve funds, proxy voting procedures, and weekend noise restrictions. The edition also tackles building defect management when builders become insolvent, common property tree maintenance, resident fee charging for common property use, and cost of living pressures on strata in 2022.
- MIMOR Delivers for strata residents – MiMOR
- Is the electrical wiring in the ceiling of my unit covered by strata insurance? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Who repairs the cracks in our walls? – Chantell Kennebury, Sedgwick
- Does an owner need to be financial to be voted onto the council of owners? – ESM Strata Management
- How do we insure a duplex? – Leonie Milonas, PSC Property Lync Insurance Brokers
- Why should your insurable asset valuation be up to date? – Leonie Milonas, PSC Property Lync Insurance Brokers
- Does emergency spending come from the Admin or the Reserve Fund? – Luke Downie, Realmark
- Avoiding Building Maintenance – Why risk it? – QIA Group
- Can residents be charged a fee to use common property? – Scott Bellerby, B Strata
- Managing building defects when Builder is no longer solvent – BCI WA
- Can the Council of Owners ban all noise on weekends? – Brian Rulyancich, StrataTAC
- Voting Papers and Proxy Votes – Andrew Chambers, Chambers Franklyn Strata Management
- Common property tree maintenance – Luke Downie, Realmark
- Can we swap our parking bay with the visitor parking bay? – Marietta Metzger, magixstrata
- The cost of living and Strata in 2022 – SCA (WA)