Maintenance Versus Improvements

Maintenance Versus Improvements

Bodies corporate embarking on works to common property may assume that if works are undertaken for the betterment of the scheme, it is irrelevant whether the works are classed as maintenance or improvements. However, this article will highlight that this distinction...
Non-Budgeted Sinking Fund Expenditure

Non-Budgeted Sinking Fund Expenditure

If there is no “line item” in the Sinking Fund Budget for expenditure, can the funds be spent? A number of Committee Members, and Owners for that matter, are under the impression that for works to proceed a “line item” must be included in the sinking fund budget. The...
Tips & Hints on How to Reduce Your Electricity Bills

Tips & Hints on How to Reduce Your Electricity Bills

We have partnered with LPE to provide you with some helpful tips & hints on how to reduce your electricity bills this season. In Queensland our winters are typically dry and mild, overnight lows rarely drop below 9c. Queensland houses have generally been built to...