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February 2022 Newsletter

Welcome to the February edition of Tower News.

Our team at Tower are now back up to full speed following the holiday break and it looks like 2022 is set to be as busy as ever.

Please note that due to the spread of the Omicron virus, our office is currently mostly closed with managers working from home. We are doing our best to keep things normal, but for the time being it’s difficult to meet customers in person and formal meetings will have to be online.

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.

If you follow the body corporate media – and frankly who doesn’t – you will know that the year started off with a bang as a new ruling in an anti-smoking case has opened up hope for greater regulation of smoking in body corporates. This month we take a look at the implications from that case.

We are also considering what pressures body corporates might be under as a supply and demand crisis hits the construction industry. Unfortunately, the outlook is tough.

Elsewhere in this issue:

Upcoming WEBINAR: Sinking Funds and Maintenance Plans
What happens when you're unhappy with your caretaker's performance?
The latest short videos on our Facebook page
and more.....

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Smoking in body corporates to be stubbed out?

Tower Body Corporate

A new interpretation of the Body Corporate Act opens the prospect of greater smoking restrictions in body corporates.

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Supply and demand crisis set to hit body corps

Tower Body Corporate

Building and maintenance costs for body corporates are set to increase. What can your committee do now to get ahead of the price rises?

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WEBINAR: Sinking Funds and Maintenance Plans

LookUpStrata + Peter Berney & Dakota Panetta, Solutions In Engineering

WHEN: Feb 17, 9:00 AM AEST

The legislation is designed to ensure we put money away today for the building’s expenses of the future. In principle it seems so easy, but how do you actually ensure that you are appropriately forecasting maintenance and capital expenses. Did you know that these plans are arguably the most valuable financial management tool your scheme has?

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Q&A Duties of a Building Manager

William Marquand,
Tower Body Corporate

Question: Our onsite manager has been successful with a motion to reduce the number of operating hours. Many are not happy with the new performance of duties. What can we now do?

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The latest short informative videos on our Facebook page

What has Will Marquand been covering over the past few weeks?

With interest rates set to rise should your scheme take out a term deposit?
Low supply and high demand in the construction industry will lead to higher costs for body corporate owners.
Smoking in body corporates to be stubbed out?
A shooting at a strata complex in Melbourne should give owners with disputes pause for thought.

Tower Facebook Page

Latest News

Houses make things hotter: Why the future is in high rise buildings

Chris Smith 2GB873AM + Urban Studies expert Associate Professor Sebastian Pfautsch
“You’re covering much more of the ground area with hard surfaces, they store energy and reradiate that as heat into your low atmosphere making it hotter.”

Former body corporate commissioner says balcony pets, vaping, BBQs could also be deemed hazardous

Tara Cassidy, Cathy Border and Alyssa Martin, ABC News
A former Queensland government body corporate commissioner says a recent ban on a unit owner smoking on her balcony could set a precedent for anything that could be deemed a health hazard including pet urine and barbecues to smoking or vaping at office buildings.

A body corporate has been slammed for cutting a tenants power as punishment for breaking bylaws

Darren Cartwright, News Corp Australia Network
A body corporate has been slammed for cutting a tenant’s electricity supply and demanding a $3000 bond because their “sons” drove inappropriately on common property.

Gold Coast housing market surging, 'cascading' prices revealed as data provides 2022 insights

Dominic Cansdale, ABC News
Data from Domain shows median price increases of almost 60 per cent across some suburbs last year, creating a "cascading effect" for neighbouring areas.