BUILDING INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND HOW THEY ARE CALCULATED For many bodies corporate, insurance is one of the biggest ongoing costs. While the body corporate is responsible for arranging insurance, each lot owner contributes to the premium through levies. Understanding...

BEHIND THE BUDGET: UNDERSTANDING YOUR BODY CORPORATE’S FINANCES If you own a lot in a body corporate, you’re probably familiar with receiving a levy notice. But have you ever stopped to consider the budget behind it – and what happens before that levy amount reaches...

WHAT YOUR CLEANING CONTRACT HIDES Walk into any building and you know within five seconds whether it’s well run. Nobody reads the by-laws on their way through the foyer; they look at the carpet, the lift buttons, the bin room door propped open with last week’s smell...

WHEN THE VOTE SAYS ENOUGH: WHAT A SURF CLUB CONTROVERSY CAN TEACH STRATA COMMUNITIES A recent controversy at the Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club provides an interesting lesson in community governance — and one with some surprising parallels to strata communities and...