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Developers may use community title for traditional subdivisions, where previously standard titling arrangements were used in order to create communities. The use of ...continue reading Developers Creating Communities
Community title is a method of providing governance for specific areas of land. It is “soft infrastructure” that complements the physical infrastructure built by ...continue reading What is Community Title for Flat Land?
Universally, the components of community title are –
Freehold land. The owners of this land become the members of the body corporate.
Common property, which is ...continue reading What Makes up Community Title
Community title is suitable for flat land subdivision because it provides a management system for a specific parcel of land. These management systems are becoming ...continue reading Management System
The benefits of community title have associated burdens that must be accepted by the purchasers of the land. The burdens are categorized below. Our feeling is that ...continue reading Market Acceptance
It is only recently that legislation has permitted flexible community titling arrangements. Prior to these legislative changes community title was not an option for ...continue reading Government and Regulatory Changes
If one accepts that creation of a successful flat land subdivision requires more than building physical infrastructure (like a lake, a golf course, or a community centre), then the case for community title is established. While the physical infrastructure is essential, it is not the entire solution.
To purchasers of land in a community title scheme the advantages of being in a community titles scheme may be outlined as follows –
– Facilities, (like a ...continue reading Marketing Advantages
Covenant Management System
Community title is a system for delivering on the vision of the development through the establishment and management of the covenants ...continue reading Developer's Advantages
Developers realize that the most potent form of advertising is the quality of the completed projects. In traditional flat land subdivisions quality may be difficult to ...continue reading On-going Quality Assurance
The model of Community title is one local authorities are embracing as a land management strategy. Sites previously or currently too “sensitive” for ecological/ ...continue reading Flexibility with Approvals
Community Title has several advantages over the alternatives. Community title is preferred because –
Community title is purpose designed by parliament to provide a ...continue reading Is Community Title the Only Solution?
There are several alternatives to standard community title. These alternatives include–
Standard freehold subdivision with local authority management of the physical ...continue reading Alternatives to Community Title
Benefits stem from having a micro-managed legislation system for the land.
Environmental management
Environmental management is a key driver in the implementation of ...continue reading Benefits
Services can be offered through the body corporate structure. The recipients of these services may be the community at large, or individuals within the community. It ...continue reading Services
Electricity. The electricity distribution network can be established as a private imbedded reticulation system. This allows the body corporate to purchase electricity ...continue reading Specific Services
Can be offered at a cheap and effective price for large land subsidiary estates, the more members within the scheme, the economy scale drives the prices down. 1000 ...continue reading Security
Community facilities are a type of physical infrastructure. Traditional examples include children’s recreational playground equipment, a community hall for social and ...continue reading Community Facilities
When considering covenants developers and bodies corporate should have a lawyer look carefully at the sustainable housing provisions introduced by the Building and ...continue reading Covenants
The community title scheme management structure is social infrastructure. Social advantages flow because –
The community title scheme allows for the creation of a ...continue reading Community Social Advantages
The social infrastructure that is established to complement the physical infrastructure is sustainable administratively and financially.
In administrative terms the ...continue reading Sustainable Management
The nature of the community titles scheme system is that the governance can be tailored to –
Meet the vision of the developer
Cater for the unique environmental needs of the site
Consulting early in the project planning phase has substantial benefits to bring past successes or address the challenge each project vision brings.
Consideration of community titling flat land subdivisions would not be complete without a review of the difficulties that have been experienced already.
Capitalizing on the possible marketing advantages
For the possible marketing advantages of community title to result in an improved selling price and a higher rate of ...continue reading Developer Considerations
Rating
In Queensland, due to a peculiarity in the method of land valuation for local authority rating purposes, the rates applicable to lots in a community titles ...continue reading Local Authority Concerns
There are many combinations and permutations available for the application of community title to flat land subdivisions. Flexibility is available from –
The right to ...continue reading Applying Community Title to a Flat Land Subdivision
We believe that the following is a suitable base strategy for developers based on market successes in recent times:
Public land. Council and other authorities have ...continue reading One Titling Option
It is the writer’s view that on-site management is a key driver for the decision to do traditional flat land subdivision by way of community title scheme. On-site ...continue reading On-site Management
Ongoing costs for the body corporate
The following costs are indicative only -
Maintenance worker for gardens and grounds - $32,000 to $48,000 per year per ...continue reading Financial Considerations
The expenditure by owners on body corporate levies will result in real savings in other areas for those owners. One analysis for one project indicated that there was a ...continue reading Savings From Being in a Community Title Scheme
Contribution schedule lot entitlements do not have any direct bearing on the sum of budgeted expenses incurred by a body corporate. The actual amounts levied for a ...continue reading Purpose of Contribution Schedule Lot Entitlements
The interest schedule lot entitlement for a lot is the basis for calculating a lot owner’s share of the common property and body corporate assets if the scheme is ...continue reading Purpose of Interest Schedule Lot Entitlements
The Body Corporate and Community Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 provided that applications for the adjustment of lot entitlements could be made to ...continue reading Changing Entitlements
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Queensland
- Introduction to Your Body Corporate
- Investing In Body Corporate
- Relevant Legislation
- Your Role as an Owner
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General Meetings
- Convening a General Meeting
- Recording of Meetings
- Content of General Meeting Notice
- Documents to include in the General Meeting Notice
- Explanatory Material
- Annual General Meeting
- Extraordinary General Meetings
- Conducting Business at a General Meeting
- Who May Vote at a General Meeting?
- Voting representation where one lot in the scheme is a subsidiary body corporate
- Loss of the Right to Vote
- How Voters can Vote
- Co-owners Voting
- Voting Papers
- Minutes of the Meeting
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Living Together
- By-Laws - The Rules Regulating Behaviour
- Enforceability of By-laws
- Conflicting Principal and Subsidiary Scheme By-laws
- Typical By-laws
- Changing the By-Laws
- Resident Parking
- Visitor Car Parking
- Dispute Resolution
- Dispute over Lot Entitlements
- Basis of Adjustment of Contribution Lot Entitlement Schedule
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The Committee
- Role of the Committee
- Committee Power
- Standing for the Committee
- Timing of Appointment of Committee Members
- Executive Positions
- Number of Members of Committee
- Committee Members Discharging their Duties
- Committee Elections
- Committee Meetings
- Committee Decisions
- Recording of Meetings
- Proxies For Committee Meetings
- Sub-committees
- How Strata Managers work with the Committee
- Minutes of Committee Meetings
- Challenging Committee Decisions
- Replacing Committee Members
- National Broadband Network Rollout
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Body Corporate Decisions
- Motions, Resolutions, Minutes
- Ordinary Resolution
- Majority Resolution (BCCMA Section 107)
- Special Resolution (BCCMA Section 106)
- Resolution Without Dissent (BCCMA Section 105)
- Resolution Outside of General Meeting (BCCMA Section 111)
- The Value of Lot Owners Votes
- Motion with Alternatives
- Changing a Community Management Statement
- Amalgamation of Bodies Corporate
- Steps to Amalgamate
- Motion to Amalgamate
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Financial Management
- Changes to the Financial Claims Scheme
- Financial Audits
- Contributions
- How the Contributions are Set
- Calculation of the Lot Entitlements
- The Contributions Notice
- Discount and Penalty Interest on Contributions
- Paying Body Corporate Contributions
- Payment of Contributions while Overseas
- Recovery of Contributions
- Contribution Unpaid Amounts Attach to Lots
- Taxation
- Body Corporate and BAS
- Understanding Your Financials
- Audits
- Administrative Fund
- Sinking Fund
- Body Corporate Spending
- Withholding Payment for Construction Contract Works
- The Body Corporate Manager
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The Residential Manager
- General
- Duration of Resident Manager's Contract
- Resident Manager's Role
- Resident Manager's Report to the Committee
- Screening Holiday Letting Guests
- Resident Manager's Remuneration Increases
- Engagements and Variations of the Management Rights Agreements
- Committees Working with their Resident Manager
- Assignment of the Management Rights
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Insurance
- Introduction
- Compulsory Body Corporate Insurance
- Building Insurance
- Building Format Plan Lots
- Standard Format Plan Lots with No Common Walls
- Standard Format Plan Lots With Common Walls
- What is a Building?
- What Risk Must Be Insured?
- Risk Management
- Paying Premiums
- Voluntary Insurance
- Owner's Insurance Responsibilities
- Insurance Excesses
- Responsibility of original owner
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Common Property
- Pool Safety
- Signage
- Planning an Effective Security Strategy
- Importance of Timely Maintenance of Common Property
- Defective Building Work
- Ownership of Common Property
- Maintaining Common Property
- Using Common Property
- Being Granted Exclusive Use of Common Property
- Improvements to Common Property by Owners
- Improvements to Common Property by the Body Corporate
- Acquisition of More Common Property
- Titling Common Property
- Neighbourhood Disputes
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Developing Community Title Schemes
- Strata Title Complex Design Presentation
- Titling Community Schemes
- Establishing a Community Titles Scheme
- Staging of Bodies Corporate
- Public Roads Running Through Scheme Land
- Using Building Management Statements
- Responsibilities of Original Owner
- Developers - Establishing a Body Corporate for Electricity Supply
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Developers Creating Communities
- Developers Creating Communities
- What is Community Title for Flat Land?
- What Makes up Community Title
- Management System
- Market Acceptance
- Government and Regulatory Changes
- Is There a Compelling Case for Community Title to be Used Today?
- Marketing Advantages
- Developer's Advantages
- On-going Quality Assurance
- Flexibility with Approvals
- Is Community Title the Only Solution?
- Alternatives to Community Title
- Benefits
- Services
- Specific Services
- Security
- Community Facilities
- Covenants
- Community Social Advantages
- Sustainable Management
- Flexibility in Establishing the Governance for a Site
- Issues
- Developer Considerations
- Local Authority Concerns
- Market Acceptance
- Applying Community Title to a Flat Land Subdivision
- One Titling Option
- On-site Management
- Financial Considerations
- Savings From Being in a Community Title Scheme
- Purpose of Contribution Schedule Lot Entitlements
- Purpose of Interest Schedule Lot Entitlements
- Changing Entitlements
- Facilities Management
- Fire Compliance
- Management Rights
- Layered Bodies Corporate
- Building Management Statements (BMS)
- Strata Tools
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Glossary of Terms
- Sinking Fund Forecast
- Glossary of Terms
- Administration Fund
- Building
- Building Format Plan
- Body Corporate Asset
- Resident Manager
- Body Corporate
- Body Corporate Manager
- Caretaking Service Contractor
- Conciliation Application
- Common Property
- Committee
- Community Management Statement
- Community Title Scheme
- Contribution Lot Entitlement
- Contributions
- Dispute Resolution
- Dispute Resolution Process
- Financial Year End
- Interest Lot Entitlement
- General Meeting
- Lot Entitlement
- Lot Entitlement Schedule
- Management Rights
- Original Owner
- Owner
- Occupier
- Quorum
- Sinking Fund
- Standard Format Plan
- Sinking Fund Forecast
- UDA By-law
- Utility Infrastructure
- Utility Service
- Volumetric Plan
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New South Wales
- National Broadband Network Rollout
- Relevant Legislation
- Introduction To Your Owners Corporation
- General Meetings
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Living Together
- The Responsibilities of Owners and Residents
- By-laws
- By-laws 1-20 of Schedule 1
- A Guide to Solving Disputes in a Strata Scheme
- Notice to Comply With a By-law
- Mediation
- Orders by an Adjudicator
- A Hearing Before the Tribunal
- When Will the Tribunal Make its Decision?
- Office of Fair Trading
- How do You Apply?
- Can You Appeal a Decision By The Tribunal?
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The Executive Committee
- Executive Committee of the Owners Corporation
- Who is Eligible for Election to the Executive Committee?
- Meetings of the Executive Committee
- Adjournment of Meetings
- Non-Attendance at Meetings
- Voting in Writing
- Objection to Motions on Agenda
- Effect of Executive Committee Decisions
- Restrictions on Executive Committees
- Restrictions of Executive Committee Decisions
- Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings
- Powers and Duties of the Secretary
- Powers and Duties of the Treasurer
- Financial Management
- The Strata Manager
- The Caretaker and Building Manager
- Insurance
- Common Property
- Developing Strata Title Schemes
- Glossary of Terms
- Where to get more information
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Victoria
- National Broadband Network Rollout
- Relevant Legislation
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Introduction To Your Owners Corporation
- Relevant Legislation
- What is Your Owners Corporation?
- Common Terms
- The Operation of Owners Corporations
- Levels of Owners Corporations
- Obligations of Owners Corporations
- Property Maintenance
- Records
- Owners Corporation Register
- Privacy Safeguards
- New Article Under QLD 3
- Owners Corporation Certificates
- Your Role As An Owner
- Annual General Meetings
- Living Together
- The Committee
- Owners Corporation Decisions
- Financial Management
- Insurance
- Owners Corporation Managers