Taming Disruptive People in Sectional Title Meetings
By Jennifer Paddock Show off, rambler, obnoxious, nitpicker, bore, latecomer, naysayer and just-plain-old-rude. These adjectives are often used to describe people at sectional title meetings. So how do we deal … Continue reading
How Private is Your Section, Really?
By Anton Kelly One of the fundamental rights of property ownership is the right to control who comes onto your property. But like many other rights, this right is limited. … Continue reading
How to Take Trustee Decisions via Email
By Jennifer Paddock Trustee decisions can be taken in one of two ways: 1) At a meeting of trustees, by majority vote. 2) By round robin resolution – a written … Continue reading
Stop Living in the Dark Ages: Online Meetings in Sectional Title
By Jennifer Paddock Everything is moving online. And many things already have. Who has time to sit in a queue at the bank and wait for a teller? No one, … Continue reading
Special resolutions – How to pass them properly
By Jennifer Paddock It’s a question that comes up time and time again – how does a body corporate pass a special resolution properly? There are so many misunderstandings around this … Continue reading
Proxies: What You Need to Know
by Jennifer Paddock Proxy appointments must be: 1) made in writing; 2) signed either by the owner or by a person “duly appointed in writing” to make that appointment (more … Continue reading
The Body Corporate Chairperson’s Leadership Role
Are you ready for a Reader Contribution?! Anne Greening, currently serving her 10th term as Trustee of a successfully self-managed 120 section retirement village in the Southern Cape, shares some … Continue reading
A Comical Look at the Frustrations of Apartment Life
Living in sectional title can be frustrating. I should know. I live in a fairly big apartment block and with yesterday being a public holiday, there were lots of people … Continue reading
Dealing with Noisy Neighbours
Living in a sectional title property often involves sharing walls with your neighbours and having people living above you, below you or even both. Noise nuisance is one of the … Continue reading
Want to increase the value of your sectional title property? Pet friendly policies could help!
A recent survey of pet-friendly developments carried out in Queensland, Australia by PetsInTheCity.net.au yielded some interesting findings… People are willing to pay 5-10% more when buying an apartment or townhouse … Continue reading
Thinking Inside the Box 