Capitol Body Corporate Administration is committed to providing current news in relation to the matters relating to the body corporate industry and community title living. We encourage you to revisit this page regularly as we are determined to provide monthly news.
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06-08-2010 - Lot entitlements proposed legislation - an update
In our February newsletter we advised readers about plans announced by the Queensland Government to change the legislation relating to contribution levies for body corporate fees, in order to, in the words of Fair Trading Minister Peter Lawlor, "prevent owners unfairly passing on their costs to others." In that article we quoted certain parts from the Minist...
05-08-2010 - Capitol seminar series next month to cover debt collection, warranty periods and other critical issues
Next month Capitol will be holding two seminars on important body corporate issues - one in Redcliffe and another in Southport. Both seminars will run on weekday mornings. This time we will be covering: Responsibility of body corporate committee members The debt collection process Fire regulations and the responsibility of the body corporate Common property improvements an...
05-08-2010 - City centre apartment developments taking new approach to parking
A new development going up in the middle of Brisbane is taking an innovative approach to parking: instead of offering car parking spaces for future residents of its 56 one bedroom apartments, the developers of The Apple apartments is offering a scooter to all buyers by way of a $3,000 scooter allowance, along with a secure numbered basement scooter parking bay. Parking is clearly at a premium i...
05-08-2010 - Hang on a minute!
Another feature article by Michael Kleinschmidt of MacGillivrays Solicitors Under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 the committee has a statutory duty to maintain "full and accurate minutes"; see section 55 of the Standard Module and Accommodation Module. The phrase "full and accurate minutes" is separately defined and includes the when, where and who of the...
02-07-2010 - Capitol’s next seminar series - dates for your diary
We will be running another of our very popular seminar series on body corporate matters in September. If you would like to come along please note the following dates in your diary: Redcliffe Tuesday 14th September Gold Coast Thursday 16th September Both sessions will be held in the morning and we will be able to advise topics and speakers very soon....
02-07-2010 - Green Waste Disposal Program begins in Brisbane
Brisbane City Council has begun a new green waste disposal program called the Green Waste Recycling Sevice, which is an easy and affordable way to have your garden waste collected. The new light-green topped bin is the same size as the yellow topped recycling bin and will be picked up on alternate weeks to the yellow recycling bin. The green waste bin is optional to residents and up to two bins...
02-07-2010 - Body Corporate issues when buying or selling - what you must do
This is a brief summary of what buyers and sellers must do during a sale transaction related to Body Corporate matters. Vendor’s responsibility to provide disclosure Owners often ask Capitol Body Corporate to prepare information for a Disclosure Statement, as this document must be included in any contract for the sale of a lot in a community scheme. Capitol can provide this informa...
02-07-2010 - Maintenance of exclusive use areas
A feature article by Michael Kleinschmidt of MacGillivrays Solicitors The Body Corporate has the general obligation of maintaining common property; see s152 of the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 and, for example, s159 of the Standard Module. This position can be altered when exclusive use of common property is granted. Owners Obligation Particularly, an exclusive use...
02-07-2010 - A little bit of light relief - Hamish & Andy talk about body corporate 'issues' recently on B105
Click on the link to listen to the audio file - the body corporate conversation is almost exactly in the middle of the audio clip (if you don't want to listen to the whole clip!). http://austereo.castmetrix.net/podcast/378302368699180755/1/HamishAndyBestOfThursday1stJuly.mp3 (the audio slider will appear after a minute or so once the clip has downloaded)...
02-07-2010 - Capitol’s next seminar series - dates for your diary
We will be running another of our very popular seminar series on body corporate matters in September. If you would like to come along please note the following dates in your diary: Redcliffe Tuesday 14th September Gold coast Thursday 16th September Both sessions will be held in the morning and we will be able to advise topics and speakers very soon....
