6 November 2019
Purchasing common property roof space
This article first appeared on the LookUpStrata website which our team at Bugden Allen Lawyers regularly contribute to. A NSW Lot Owner wonders how much to pay for the right…
6 November 2019
This article first appeared on the LookUpStrata website which our team at Bugden Allen Lawyers regularly contribute to. A NSW Lot Owner wonders how much to pay for the right…
6 November 2019
The Western Australian Parliament has passed the Strata Titles Amendment Act 2018 and the Community Titles Act 2018, although both Acts are awaiting supporting Regulations before they are proclaimed to…
6 November 2019
The Queensland Government is seeking to replace existing modules and regulations for the Body Corporate and Community Management Act. The areas of reform will include the following: Body corporate committee…
6 November 2019
As of 1 October 2019, an amendment to the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 limited the term of agreements for the supply of electricity, gas or other utilities with an…
6 November 2019
Victoria is in the final stages of public consultation for its upcoming strata reform legislation. This seeks to overhaul their current system into something which is more in line with…
30 October 2019
By Emma Smythies* New legislative reforms for off-the-plan contracts for sale in NSW will become effective from 1 December 2019. The reforms in the Conveyancing Legislation Amendment Act 2018 and Conveyancing (Sale of Land)…
14 October 2019
By Gary Bugden OAM* Forward This article was written by Gary Bugden in 2012 and published in Inside Strata Magazine. When the article was written in 2012, the $52 per…
10 October 2019
PRDnationwide recently released their “Strata Development Pipeline Capital City Metro Areas” report for 2019. This report is a treasure trove of information relating to the pipeline of strata developments in…
17 September 2019
By Gary Bugden* One way to resolve a body corporate dispute is to obtain an Adjudicator’s order to compel a person to do something, or to refrain from doing something….
6 September 2019
A building management statement (“BMS”) is essentially an agreement between two or more entities that share and maintain a particular area or service within a building. It is the key…
28 August 2019
Being elected as a committee member in Queensland is more significant than what most owners think. Decisions of a committee are decisions of the body corporate and its powers must…
4 August 2019
For lot owners in smaller body corporate schemes, particularly in 2 lot schemes, it may be tempting to neglect some of the formalities required under body corporate or owners corporation…