Conducting Business at a General Meeting
April 26, 2019Written notice of a meeting must be given to each committee member (including non-voting members). The notice must be given at least 7 days before the meeting or at least 2 days if all voting members agree in writing or at the last. For a
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Client Benefits of a Mortgage Broker – Before and After Settlement
April 15, 2019SSKB industry education – connecting you to information and education from the industry leaders in property, finance, insurance, legal, utilities, facilities management and more. Guest post by Peter Cooper from Cooper Financial Connections. The logistics around buying or refinancing property can be overwhelming, even for
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What Does a Body Corporate Manger Do?
April 8, 2019The SSKB team of professional Community Managers are fully equipped with the skills, knowledge and experience to successfully implement strategies to deal with the day-to-day operations of a body corporate or owners corporation community. From preparing budgets to advising of changes in prevailing decisions from
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Does Your Body Corporate Have Adequate Cash Flow?
April 8, 2019With the current economic climate and the number of natural disasters, as a body corporate manager I am finding that the cash flow of some bodies corporate is being adversely affected by a handful of owners who default on their levy payments. This can result
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Why Do We Pay Levies?
April 8, 2019As a Community Manager I am often asked “Why do I have to pay body corporate levies?” Let me start by explaining what actions are taken to create these. Firstly, the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 provides that two funds must be established
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Unwanted Fire Alarms
April 8, 2019Have you received a false alarm account from your body corporate for an unwanted alarm lately? Why does the owner, occupier or guest receive the bill for the call out by the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES)? There are many buildings throughout Queensland who
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How Can SSKB Benefit Your Building?
April 3, 2019When changing strata managers there are often situations where previous managers have not kept documentation and finances up to date. At SSKB, we ensure any issues that occurred or are still occurring from your previous manager are rectified immediately. One recent example of this is
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The 2019 Federal Budget and Your Body Corporate
April 3, 2019Last night Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s brought down his first budget, promising personal & small business tax relief on the back of the first budget surplus in 12 years. Mr Frydenburg’s has promised small businesses that their tax rate will be lowered to 25 per cent
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Changing Community Managers
April 2, 2019It is important to make sure the right body corporate manager is appointed for each scheme. Many lot owners think it is difficult to change managers when in fact, SSKB can make the process very easy for you. We take care of the change over
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How To Be a Considerate Neighbor When Celebrating in Your Apartment
March 26, 2019Moving into a strata community means that you need to be considerate as you are in close proximity to neighbours. In particular, when throwing celebrations in strata living, neighbours need to be taken into account. We have listed below our top 5 tips on how
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Getting Organised in Your Strata Property Marie Kondo Style
March 26, 2019It has been three months since the hit Netflix show got people to finally organize their lives, here is a bit of a reminder. Tidying up with Marie Kondo stars the Japanese decluttering expert. The more bags of clutter and rubbish that the home owners
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Allunga and Ballah – Cost Savings
March 25, 2019The best body corporate committees will look for the latest technology to improve the efficiency of their building, and increase property values. Sometimes this involves capital expenditure to reduce operating costs. SSKB loves working closely and building strong relationships with our Committees and Building Managers
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Strata Roles
March 13, 2019The role of the Body Corporate Manager (BCM) relies heavily on building strong relationships with both the committee and the Resident Unit Manager (RUM) or building manager. All play different but important roles in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of your body corporate. A
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Cladding Update
February 25, 2019The Queensland Government have developed ‘Safer Buildings’ to identify buildings in Queensland that potentially have combustible cladding. In Queensland, the owners of the buildings may be required to register their building and complete the combustible cladding checklist. Who Needs to Register? You are required to
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Strata Dictionary
February 15, 2019Strata living can be a confusing world, from the many terms to the constant changes in legislation and the different terminology around the country. We have taken some of the most common terms that you may need to know whilst you are living in a
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