Strata News
Tower Body Corporate
SEQ Region
November Edition

With server thunderstorm warnings in place for this weekend, today marks the one year anniversary since the massive hailstorm swept through the region. If you just want to forget about the weather and enjoy the 2 day break, here are the Best things to do in Brisbane this weekend, November 28-29!

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Concrete Cancer Epidemic – Don’t bury your head in the Sand

Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Specialist
Providing unit owners with insight into how concrete cancer is handled from an insurance perspective, including a warning to bodies corporate not to bury their heads in the sand.

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Strata and Gas Meters

Catherine Lezer

How to read your gas meters: If you have gas in your apartment, it is good to know where your gas meter is located so you can check the reading against the bill.

Guidelines for pool owners and property agents

Building Industry and Policy, October 2015

The purpose of these guidelines is to assist pool owners (including bodies corporate) and property agents to understand their pool safety responsibilities under the Building Act 1975 (BA).

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Common area lighting – Repair, Replace or Upgrade?

Sonya Williams,
enLighten Australia
With average electricity price increases year on year, replacing high energy consuming lights such as incandescent, halogen & T8 fluorescent tube lights with more efficient lighting has offered strata properties with a cost effective way to reduce energy.

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Latest News

Pipeline Of 20,000 Apartments Expected To Hit Brisbane Market

The Urban Developer
5 Nov

A new residential report from global property services firm, JLL predicts an upcoming supply of approximately 20,000 apartments in Brisbane over the 2016-2018 period. It will be the first time such a large amount of stock comes online in the inner city precincts in such a short period of time.

Pea-green cottage boxed in by massive apartments finally sells for $1.4 million after its elderly owners fielded offers for 15 years

Jennifer Russell & Nelson Groom, Daily Mail Australia
A home hemmed in by supermarkets, towering apartment blocks and an underground carpark has sold at auction for $1.4 million.