Developing Community Title Schemes

Paul Wood, a Director at Body corporate Management company , recently presented at the “Griffith University Strata Title Conference 2011”. The over-riding objective of ...continue reading Strata Title Complex Design Presentation

A community titles scheme is a type of freehold land.  An apartment is a freehold lot. In fact, a community titles scheme may only be created over freehold land (Land ...continue reading Titling Community Schemes

Where a developer establishes a community titles scheme both lots and common property will be created. There must be a minimum of two lots (Land Title Act Section ...continue reading Establishing a Community Titles Scheme

Staging of bodies corporate is possible (See Body Corporate and Community Management Act Chapter 2, Part 1). This means that the number of lots in the community titles ...continue reading Staging of Bodies Corporate

While generally the scheme land must be a contiguous area of land, it is not compulsory (Land Titles Act Section 115H).  A public road or even a watercourse (under Land ...continue reading Public Roads Running Through Scheme Land

A building management statement is a document that is registered in the Titles Office.  It is an encumbrance that is registered on the title of each of the lots to ...continue reading Using Building Management Statements

The developer is the original owner of all lots in the scheme upon creation of the scheme by registration of the plan of subdivision in the Titles Office.  The original ...continue reading Responsibilities of Original Owner

By designing a scheme for community electricity supply, the usage of all lots and the common property can be combined to obtain substantial savings ...continue reading Developers - Establishing a Body Corporate for Electricity Supply