WHAT ARE ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS? Everything you need to know about energy efficient windows With rising energy prices, unpredictable weather patterns and growing environmental awareness, making the switch to energy efficient windows can be a simple yet highly effective way to improve the efficiency and sustainability of your home or building. And for buildings with […]

20 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS (LGA’S) TO RECEIVE NEW LAND VALUATIONS IN 2024 The Valuer-General has announced that new land valuations will be issued by the 31st March 2024 for: these areas in South East Queensland: Gold Coast, Moreton Bay, Redlands, Somerset and Sunshine Coast; and these areas in regional Queensland: Banana, Barcoo, Bulloo, Bundaberg, Central […]

THE PROCESSES OF THE BODY CORPORATE COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE By OMB Solicitors on November 23rd, 2023 in Best Practice / Hints & Tips, QLD Have you ever wondered what the process is for applying to resolve disputes with the Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management? In this video, OMB Solicitors Partner, Juliette […]

WHY DO GOOD OWNERS MAKE BAD STRATA DECISIONS? or, what’s really going on at strata meetings … Even though strata buildings are full of good, smart and well-intentioned people, they don’t always make great decisions.  And sometimes strata buildings delay important decisions or, worse still, actually make really bad decisions.  Why is that and what […]

BODIES CORPORATE, UNIT OWNERS AND LAND BUYERS BETTER SUPPORTED UNDER NEW REFORMS Scheme termination, pets, smoking and more… Limits on developers invoking sunset clauses will better protect Queensland buyers New laws will also crackdown on smokers while making it easier for residents to keep pets New body corporate laws and protections for ‘off the plan’ […]