Winter is well and truly upon us and statistics show that almost half of unit fires are started in the kitchen and 58% of all fire fatalities occur in winter. With winter well and truly here, let’s take the time to brush up of safety measures and be prepared if you haven’t already to reduce…
Who polices compliance with COVID-19 public health directions in a strata community? I had hoped that my reflections on change and resilience would be the last article I wrote on the topic of COVID-19. However, it remains at the front of everyone’s minds with NSW coming out of lockdown, Victoria going into lockdown, and Queenslanders…
Cladding Compliance – 29 May Stage 2 Deadline Looming Building owners required to respond to the Queensland Government’s new combustible cladding regulations have been forced to remain passengers on the cladding ‘compliance bus’, even if their properties have been cleared of potentially hazardous materials. The Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) has recently indicated more…
Last year, Archers the Strata Professionals published an article on the topic of smoke alarms in anticipation of the pending legislative changes, which can be read here. With the recent Grenfell Tower tragedy and with changes effective as of 1 January 2017 pertaining to smoke alarms, we feel that it is timely to remind readers…
Australia has an energy crisis and funnily enough, that is what it took for strata schemes to start working as real communities to beat the energy price rises. There has been increased interest in apartment owners joining forces with each other to bulk buy electricity with a new smart metering setup across their block. Enter the…
Last time I wrote about the importance of making sure you have the right by-laws before taking enforcement action for a contravention notice of a body corporate by-law. So I consider it timely to outline the fundamentals of the by-law enforcement process in this article. A misunderstanding my Office’s Information Service hears often is where…