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A strata manager from a large strata management company got a call from a disgruntled owner. Here’s the advice the strata manager needed to know. “Whoa! $850 electricity bill for one quarter? How can that be? I only paid $200 for the last quarter.” That was what one strata resident experienced last month. The culprit…
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Damp patches on walls after rain – What could it be? After a day or more of heavy rain, we hear from a great number of homeowners and facility & asset managers that they have noticed damp patches on the walls. There are many causes of excess moisture in the structure of a building, such…
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One of the buzzwords of recent times is the idea of the “sharing economy”. Typically this refers to people ‘sharing’ their asset and in the process getting a return out of it. One example of this is Uber (for vehicles) and another example, which this column will focus is on, is short-term letting of one’s…
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For many stakeholders in a strata community, the annual general meeting is their time to shine. They submitted their motions long ago, they knocked on the doors of their friendly neighbours to ask for their support, and they have visualised how they will make their strong points when having their say at the meeting. For…
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