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Your body corporate is responsible for many things, however, there are some common misconceptions about what it can and cannot do.

Your body corporate will not -

  • Run the rental pool of lots in the scheme available for letting. The resident manger will do this.
  • Insure the contents of lots. This is the owner’s responsibility. Please see the Insurance section for a detailed explanation of what the body corporate will cover in respect of the lots. 
  • Maintain the interior of lots. This is the owner’s responsibility 
  • Spend funds to promote the community titles scheme as a destination 
  • Intervene in neighbourhood disputes, unless the dispute arises over behaviour that is in breach of the body corporate by-laws. If neighbours cannot live harmoniously, they have the same rights and remedies as they would if they lived in a non-body corporate environment. The body corporate general meeting or committee meeting is not the appropriate forum for squabbling parties to air differences. 
  • Draft motions on behalf of owners 
  • Provide legal advice to owners 
  • Favour the interests of one owner over the competing interest of another owner.
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Last edited by Barbara Attwood - Stewart Silver King & Burns
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