by hbcmwp | Dec 15, 2025 | Partner Post
You may have heard the terms large market and small market when discussing your body corporate electricity bill. These classifications matter because they directly affect your costs, contract options, and rights as a consumer. When a body corporate or building manager...
by hbcmwp | Nov 20, 2025 | Partner Post
A hairline crack, a loose hinge, a door that doesn’t quite shut – small glass issues are easy to overlook. But for strata managers, these seemingly minor problems can quickly escalate into safety hazards, costly emergency repairs, and owner disputes. Taking a...
by hbcmwp | Nov 20, 2025 | Partner Post
Every day, our team at Solutions in Engineering walks through properties across Australia, inspecting for potential safety hazards. But here’s what we notice time and time again: the biggest problems often start with the smallest oversights commonly being an uneven...
by hbcmwp | Nov 20, 2025 | Adjudicators Orders
As we move into summer a timely case reminds us of the Committee’s obligation to “act reasonably” in their dealings with owners. Would you believe, readers, this dispute was over the colour of an external ceiling fan? In Flow [2025] QBCCMCmr 398, the owner of Lot 44...
by hbcmwp | Nov 20, 2025 | Strata Solve
A recent Queensland body corporate dispute — involving a client of Hartley’s — is believed to have set a legal precedent after an adjudicator publicly questioned the apparent use of artificial intelligence in the preparation of submitted material. While the specifics...
