The Residential Manager

The resident manager runs a business that is commonly known as “management rights”. Terms that are defined under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act, which ...continue reading General

The maximum duration of the resident manager’s contract will depend upon the regulation module applicable to the management contract. Section 118 of the Standard Module ...continue reading Duration of Resident Manager's Contract

The caretaking services provided by the resident manager are specified in the caretaking agreement between the resident manager and the body corporate. Usually, the ...continue reading Resident Manager's Role

The manager’s report to the committee is an important part of the committee meeting. As the resident manager is both the eyes and the ears of the body corporate ...continue reading Resident Manager's Report to the Committee

The management agreement generally provides for annual increases in the remuneration in accordance with a fixed percentage, or in accordance with the inflation rate. It is the resident manager’s responsibility to lodge a request for the remuneration increase at the relevant time.  

Both new agreements and changes to existing agreements may be done by ordinary resolution, decided by secret ballot. The material circulated with the motion must ...continue reading Engagements and Variations of the Management Rights Agreements

Often committees and resident managers need to temper their expectations of one another.  Unfortunately, not every resident manager is a good resident manager, just ...continue reading Committees Working with their Resident Manager

Regardless of the approaching settlement date given by the incoming manager's solicitor, the Body Corporate should never feel pressured into entering into the agreement ...continue reading Assignment of the Management Rights