There’s a minefield for new owners in Strataland that no one will warn you about – and the powers that be will do little or nothing to help you when you get caught out. It starts at the first AGM when new owners are presented with contracts needed to run the building in its first [...]

Continuing our series on what to look out for at your first AGM, one of the major decisions you may have to make is whether or not to have a building manager and who that person should be. This is your and your neighbours’ decision and no one else’s.  Once you get up to 100 [...]

Last week we explained why the first AGM of a few building may sound like a tedious bore but holds the key to your happiness and peace of mind for the next few years. A very good example is the by-laws.  They will come up for approval on that first agenda and are often waved [...]

Meetings are boring and owners corporation annual general meetings can be more so than most.  However, if you have just handed over your savings and your first-time home owners grant for a nice new apartment, that shouldn’t put you off attending the first AGM of your new apartment block This where the course of the [...]

Meetings are boring and owners corporation annual general meetings can be more so than most.  However, if you have just handed over your savings and your first-time home owners grant for a nice new apartment, that shouldn’t put you off attending the first AGM of your new apartment block This where the course of the [...]