A concerning incident was recently raised on social media after a substantial layer of plaster reportedly separated from a concrete ceiling slab and collapsed into a kitchen area within a…
When it comes to protecting a community scheme’s money, there’s often one simple but important question: Who should arrange the fidelity cover – the body corporate or the managing agent?…
Here we focus on the buildings aspect of sectional title insurance, one of the three main areas being buildings, property owner’s liability and fidelity cover. We often hear the same…
Damp remains one of the most common and most misunderstood issues reported in sectional title schemes. While much of the existing guidance understandably focuses on whether damp-related damage may or…
In the community schemes environment, scheme executives (trustees/ directors) and managing agents are expected to make good decisions with limited time and often limited information. Insurance, risk and claims can…
From time to time, a scheme may find itself in a legal dispute with a current or former managing agent. A common example is where a managing agent issues a…
The holiday period is equal parts sunshine and risk. Pools get busier, visitors increase, tempers (and alcohol) rise, and summer storms do their worst. Here’s a practical mini guide for…
We often get asked a simple but important question: “Can an owner insure their unit separately from the body corporate’s policy?” It sounds straight forward, perhaps a few owners or…
Understanding property classification in building insurance Upon a request to provide insurance for a building, the insurer will require sufficient data on the nature of the structures to determine the…
In this short blog article, we explain the sectional title AGM handout and how it has proven to be an invaluable tool at sectional title AGMs. This simple A5 brochure…