#bodycorporate

Bulk bins are almost always cheaper than a multitude of wheelie bins.  When combined with a compacter, they can also be very space efficient in large buildings.  Even with an allowance for a service contractor to arrange collection and return to the bin storage area, bulk bins are almost always worth investigating.

 

 

Body Corporate management is often thankless and lowly paid work. If you’re happy with what your body corporate managers are doing tell them, often, and loudly. Not only will they appreciate it, it will lift their morale and they’ll work all the better for you. If your body corporate manager saves you thousands of dollars negotiating a body corporate supply contract, then move a vote of thanks at the next general meeting, get up off your butt and clap your hands.

The accepted standard in caretaking agreements these days is for a CPI review of the remuneration every year.  Typically, the remuneration cannot go down on a CPI review.  Every 5 years expect a market review; that is a review of the remuneration to a fair market value.  A market review could, and indeed should, lead to either a rise or fall of the caretaker’s remuneration.  To better ensure that the Caretakers remuneration does not diverge from a fair market remuneration, consider annual reviews to the wage index instead of CPI.

 

When you receive a request for documents or to inspect the body corporate records, typically that request will be made by a committee member or an (allegedly) “interested person”.  Committee members have reasonable access to the body corporate records without charge.  On the other hand, “interested persons” must apply to the body corporate and they have to pay the statutory fees.  When you receive a request to copy or inspect documents, don’t assume that the person asking you is entitled to access.  Insist on receiving the Search Form and check their status.