Category: Body Corporate
Memberships Matter for Professional Management
apm belongs to two Body Corporate industry bodies. We think it is important to have membership of organisations that are creating change or providing a level of professionalism to the body corporate management industry. Our Strata Community Association (SCA)(NZ) membership allows apm to participate on the Executive Committee of that organisation. During the past 12...Read More→
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Implementing UTA Changes
Most of the changes to the Unit Titles Amendment Act take place next month on May 9, 2023.The first thing that owners will see is some small changes to the Notice of Intention to Hold an AGM notification that apm sends approximately one month out from the AGM itself.New regulations 10(2)(a)(b) and 24(3)(b) require a...Read More→
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Insurance Process When Property is Damaged
Following the Auckland Anniversary storm and Cyclone Gabrielle, many of us have experienced first-hand the insurance claims process. Our Body Corporate Managers are seeing the insurance sector overwhelmed at the moment. Insurers are reinforcing their processes to ease the workload and are assigning dedicated claims advisors, appointing assessors, arranging quotes to repair and ‘making good’...Read More→
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The Three Stages of the Unit Titles Amendment Bill
For our Body Corporate clients you will be aware that The Unit Titles Amendment Bill (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) was passed in 2022.The Government released a staged commencement process. There are three stages to the implementation of the Act which are as follows:Stage 1 – came into effect on 9 December 2022Key...Read More→
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New Service Available – Facilities Management
The Commercial division has been approached many times by clients looking for facilities management of their properties and Bodies corporate as they regularly need the service of a building manager or project manager for specialist maintenance works. We therefore felt it was time to offer such management services and we are excited to announce the...Read More→
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Differences between a Residents’ Association or Residents’ Society and a Body Corporate
More multi-unit developments are being built as a Residents’ Association (RA) or Residents’ Society (RS) rather than Bodies Corporate (BC) as there are no common areas within the buildings.It’s hard not to notice the amount of development occurring around Auckland suburban streets. I live out West, and in our street alone, which has 157 addresses,...Read More→
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