Strata Life

Often people wonder why it is necessary for a common property to exist, These are the five purposes and even benefits of having a common property

1. Enjoyment by owners and occupiers or residents of…

There are various types and various types of people that the strata manager communicates with but what I will be raising are in my view the type 5 communications received by your strata manager daily…

The administration or operational budget is passed usually at an annual general meeting. These are simply put the regular expenses. Here are the five purposes of why this particular budget should be …

There are various names the maintenance budget others call it thinking budget others call it sinking budget, others call it reserve fund others call it capital improvements budget they all mean the s…

This particular podcast covers what should be in the agenda items of committee meetings

1. Resolution to accept the financial statements presented for the period - when I refer to the period that co…

In particular legislations, there are basic items that need to be covered in AGM agendas I will feature the 5 foundational items that should be covered in your AGM agenda.

1. A resolution to renew or…

In today's podcast I want to cover “How do you register rules of the owner's corporation?” The traditional way before electronic lodgment of land Victoria documents were done was that, a form is comp…

A common question that we get asked is “How does a person deal with water leak issues?”

The main thing to determine in water leak issues are two things:

1. Is there evidence through an expert report ide…

The truth is, neighborhood disputes could occur in a strata community development. What your strata community must do is simply consider these disputes as part and parcel of strata community living t…

Financial, legal and ethical obligations. Financial, legal and ethical management. When strata enthusiasts talk about what it is like living in a strata community, Most people usually talk about th…

Part and parcel of strata community living is compliance with the rules and regulations and management of the same. This requires good governance and retention of important documents by the strata c…

Living in a strata community requires that we learn to live in close proximity with one another.

Living in close proximity means that there may be times that others could affect one’s enjoyment of th…

We all love to improve our residence or real estate investment. However, one of the worst nightmares of a homeowner is if your property has water leak issues. You either will see the progressive res…

Your strata community should carefully consider the traits that are important to you so that you could hire the appropriate and fit strata manager. After all, your aim is to hire a trusted advisor – …

A strata community leader is either the chairperson or president who is elected at an annual or special general meeting. A chairperson or president of the strata community is either delegated all th…

Welcome to Strata Life by Rochelle Castro The place where you should go to learn and get inspired on all matters strata

In this episode I will cover...

5 techniques on how to hold a productive general …

5 techniques on how to hold a productive committee meeting

Of all the meetings that your strata community holds, it is the committee meetings that you will hold the most. This is because committees m…

5 items that strata insurance covers One of the benefits of being in a strata community is enjoying the benefits of a bulk buy of strata insurance cover. It means that each and every lot or unit pro…

5 responsibilities of your strata community (You probably wonder the purpose of your strata community aside from collect money from you. Well, in exchange of the monies collected from you are the be…

5 kinds of strata levies

(I previously covered 5 collection methods of strata levies. It is also important to know the 5 kinds of strata levies which contribute to maintaining and preserving one of t…