Unit Owners Association of Queensland Inc. in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Non-profit organisation

Unit Owners Association of Queensland Inc.

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3220 0959

Address: 333 Adelaide Street 4000 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.uoaq.org.au

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25.01.2022 We hear lots of stories about suspected preferential treatment given by the rental managers to their own investment units. We say suspected, because it is very difficult to prove and the rental managers are not interested in voluntarily opening up their rental books for review. And there is no regulatory authority interested in this. Some of these stories allege outright, blatant preference, ie first-referrals of the rental manager’s unit to all prospective holiday makers until 100% occupancy of their own unit is achieved. A UOAQ member recently shared with us another, more subtle practice employed by some rental managers. It does require them giving a little but they end up taking so much more.

25.01.2022 The disputes about the simple tasks of management of a building such as cleaning the common property, maintaining gardens, cleaning the pool etc., can result in owners involved in expensive and wearying QCAT hearings. Write to the Premier about your experience with the enforcement of non-performance of caretakers duties via the QCAT process.

25.01.2022 Your quarterly update on Construction Cost Index - December 2019.

25.01.2022 BC committees are encouraged to enhance the monitoring of their expenditures during the current Covid-19 (coronavirus) crisis.

24.01.2022 A Monash University Law Review journal article investigates the statutory termination rights of Queenslands Management Rights regime.

24.01.2022 A very recent Adjudication in Whitsunday Waters Resort [2020] QBCCMCmr 84 (as yet unpublished) has applied the reasoning in two other Adjudications and, importantly, in a decision by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Appeals) and voided two critical votes cast in favour of a special resolution, because they were sent to the BCM by e-mail and by facsimile respectively.

23.01.2022 New edition of Unit news online is out - enjoy reading!

22.01.2022 We have alerted you to a recent adjudication which challenges a long-standing convention of sending written voting papers for general meetings to the Secretary care of the body corporate manager. Do the same rules apply to proxies?

22.01.2022 REMINDER: Dispute Resolution Application Processes - BCCM Office webinar. Read more and register - https://mailchi.mp//dispute-resolution-application-process

20.01.2022 Must read for owners renewing their body corporate insurance. Should you consider new insurance valuation prior to the 5-year obligatory period?

17.01.2022 Owners who wish a quiet residence can find themselves living in a hotel with a party house next door and compromised security of their building. Our elected representatives need to enforce the planning laws to preserve our property rights. Preserve your residential amenity - require local government to enforce the law!

16.01.2022 This Sunday, Channel 9, 60 Minutes, 8:50PM.

14.01.2022 When a unit is rented for more than six months, an owner is required to give written notice to their body corporate, for inclusion in the owners roll - a legislative obligation that carries the risk of maximum fines of around $2,200. Are the owners aware?

14.01.2022 Quarterly update of Construction Cost Index - March 2020

14.01.2022 Your Quarterly Update of ABS Construction Cost Index for June 2020

13.01.2022 ABS Construction Cost Index quarterly update - September 2019

10.01.2022 Reacting to our previous article Rental Managers Who Give a Little to Get a Lot we were flooded by stories of our members sharing their experience with some letting practices in 'strata rental swamp'.

09.01.2022 Do you know the spending limits of your committee and body corporate? Read below on tip how to keep the current limits in front of all owners regularly.

08.01.2022 The latest ABS Construction Cost Index June 2019 Quarter is in, and in negative...

08.01.2022 Building defects will certainly be on the agenda of the state planning ministers this month. Some tips on how to research before buying into high-rise.

07.01.2022 Lift Cleaning Let Down. Alert from Tony Hazeldine, Lift Logic, about incorrect cleaning of the lift button panels that may lead to irreversible damage.

07.01.2022 REMINDER: All draft module regulations have been released for consultation. The due date for ALL modules has been extended to 30 October 2019.

07.01.2022 A recent adjudication highlights the possibility that what may be reasonable in our own homes and units may be unreasonable for a body corporate.

07.01.2022 At the Brisbane City Council meeting 4th August 2020, Councillor Jonathan Sri tabled a number of important motions requesting that the Council enforce the planning and building laws. The minutes recorded 7 votes in favour, 16 against. Read more https://mailchi.mp/uoaq/concerns-sta-bcc-meeting.

05.01.2022 Have your say on the draft Standard Module Regulation 2019 - consultation close 5 pm on 18 October 2019.

04.01.2022 Cracking Up - Four Corners Report on Apartment Building Crisis, goes to air today at 8.30pm. It is replayed on Tuesday 20th August at 1.00pm and Wednesday 21st at 11.20pm. It can also be seen on ABC NEWS channel on Saturday at 8.10pm AEST, ABC iview and at abc.net.au/4corners.

04.01.2022 BC committees may consider taking a leadership role in collating and informing owners about how their scheme is dealing with Covid-19 (coronavirus).

04.01.2022 New Unit News online published...enjoy reading

03.01.2022 Tracking construction costs is particularly useful when comparing actual variations with the annual uplifts suggested by insurers. Up to now we have accessed and reported on the Queensland Building Construction Cost Index (CCI). We can now access an ABS Construction Cost Sub-Index more closely aligned to strata-specific buildings. The UOAQ proposes to base all future quarterly updates on this new sub-index.

01.01.2022 .The latest edition of Unit News online July 2019. Enjoy reading.

01.01.2022 Improvements by a lot owner to common property for the owner's benefit must be authorised by body corporate and recorded in the register of authorisations.

01.01.2022 This article in the AFR from 1/8/ 2020 is a damning indictment on the QLD BCCM legislation and the associated industry. In short, it is a mess. Is this really what a national commentator thinks of an investment in QLD strata?

01.01.2022 Latest Unit News online magazine is out. Enjoy reading!