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Communication within a Strata or Community Corporation is vital to ensure that large decisions are made correctly and with all the required information. Communication is also vital to the day to day running of your Body Corporate. Whether Strata or Community Corporation Committees are communicating with each other, their Manager or a third party, ensuring […]

An Extraordinary General Meeting can be called by the Secretary, any two members of the Management Committee or one-fifth of the unit Owners (i.e one-fifth of the number of units in the complex per the  Strata Title Act 1988. At least 14 days’ notice needs to be provided to all Owners before the meeting, along […]

In South Australia, it is standard practice to appoint a manager at a properly convened meeting of a Corporation (either an Annual General Meeting or an Extraordinary General Meeting) and these contracts (management agreement) will usually run for a 12-month term. The Management agreement will have outlined the term of appointment. The Agency agreement may […]

Depending on who you ask, there will most likely be varying differing opinions on what constitutes a “good” strata manager. To answer this question, it would first be appropriate to address what your Strata Manager should be doing regardless, whether they are “good” or not. A Strata Manager could be defined as a person or nominee (often representing a Strata management Company) engaged […]

Legal requirements for who can practice as a professional Strata Manager differs from state to state. For example, in New South Wales to practise as a Strata Manager, one must be appropriately licensed, However, in South Australia, there are currently no legal restrictions on who can manage Strata and Community titled property. Therefore, it is […]

A common question put to Strata Managers, sometimes followed up by “Why are the fees higher in this Strata group when the other group I am a part of is much lower?” We will address the first question first. This may be surprising to some, but it is not the Strata Manager or the Management […]

The short answer is, yes. But any experienced Strata Manager will always recommend that a group be professionally managed. This recommendation will not necessarily come from a place that is seeking your business, but more so from knowing what skills and knowledge are required to ensure that the collective of owners is remaining compliant with […]

Stratarama was a finalist in the SCA SA 2020 Small strata management business award Tony Johnson won the SCA SA Essay 2020 award recognising an insightful essay surrounding a matter of topical interest to the Strata sector. This particular essay was on the effects of Covid-19 on the strata industry and Owner. This is the […]

In some instances, a Strata or Community titled group of units may actually be self-managed (being run by the Corporation Members, without any employed Body Corporate Manager. In these instances, the Members are managing the property themselves, so all contact would need to be made to the Corporations Presiding Officer, Secretary or Committee. Where a […]

In what ways does a Strata Manager differ from a Property Manager?  In each State of Australia, the services provided or required by management differ in accordance with the individual legislation. We will concentrate on South Australia. To begin with, a Strata Manager is appointed not by one Owner but rather is engaged by a […]