Strata scheme CTS 37529

Questions to ask before you bid

• 1

  Is there combustible cladding or a fire-safety order, and is a rectification levy planned?

  Because we found a fire or cladding matter on record.

• 2

  What building defects have been identified, is there a funded rectification plan, and does the builder's warranty still apply?

  Because we found a building-defect dispute on record.

• 3

  What was the levy or contributions dispute about, and are any unfunded works coming?

  Because we found a levy/contributions matter on record.

• 4

  What by-laws apply to pets, parking, short-stay letting, and renovations, and have any been disputed?

  Because we found a by-law matter on record.

• 5

  What is the capital works (sinking) fund balance, its adequacy ratio, and the 10-year plan?

• 6

  Are any special levies raised, proposed, or scoped-but-not-yet-levied?

• 7

  Can I see the last two years of AGM minutes, including any motions that were defeated?

Litigation

• Pharos on Kirra Hill [2022] QBCCMCmr 402

  Building defects QBCCMCmr 9 November 2022

  COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS – whether committee decisions are being made at committee meetings or by vote outside committee meetings and all committee members involved as required; whether proper minutes are being recorded and circulated to committee members. BODY CORPORATE RECORDS – whether the committee unlawfully withheld body corporate records from a committee member and ought to provide them. MAINTENANCE UNDER BUILDING FORMAT PLAN – whether the committee must repair a light in a garage and balustrade on a rooftop, where both are within a lot; whether the committee must have any work to common property performed by qualified and insured tradespeople; whether the committee must obtain written confirmation from its fire safety contractor that all defects have been rectified. BUDGETS – whether the committee must obtain a sinking fund forecast; whether the committee must conduct a budget process at a committee meeting at least six weeks prior to an AGM; whether the administrative fund budget can plan for a deficit. BY-LAWS – whether the committee must act on the applicant’s notification that a committee member parked in breach of the by-laws. Act, ss 97, 183, 204, 205, 252E(5); Standard Module, ss 55, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71, 83(1), 87(3)(a), 91, 150(2), 160(5), 180(2)(a)(i), 211(3), 232.

• Pharos on Kirra Hill [2022] QBCCMCmr 27

  Repairs and common property QBCCMCmr 25 January 2022

  Whether the body corporate had administered common property and body corporate assets reasonably and for the benefit of owners; whether the body corporate has acted reasonably; whether the body corporate has wrongfully denied access to body corporate information or documents; whether the body corporate has kept registers. Act, ss 94, 152, 205, 276; Standard Module, ss 226-230, 232.

• Pharos on Kirra Hill [2021] QBCCMCmr 201

  Other QBCCMCmr 23 April 2021

  INTERIM ORDER – whether an interim order is necessary because of the nature or urgency of the circumstances to which the application relates. Act, s 279

Decisions naming this scheme as a party, from QBCCMCmr via AustLII. The line beneath each matter is the decision's own catchwords, quoted; the topic tag is our grouping of those words and reads "Other" when they do not clearly fit, so you can always check it against the source. Every matter links to the full decision. Whether a matter helped or hurt the scheme is not assessed here.