As the Victorian Building Authority’s cladding audit continues, fire safety is at the forefront of many people’s minds. Even buildings without flammable cladding should always consider ways they can make their homes even safer. Fire safety is everyone’s responsibility and while your Owners Corporation has a responsibility to ensure the maintenance of any essential safety systems, [...]

Last week, we have posted an exciting update regarding over $3.1M saved for our customers for their cladding rectification funding. To better understand cladding rectification agreements, we are reposting an article from our previous website archives, published on Mar 12, 2020. The prevalent use of combustible cladding throughout the Australian construction industry over the last [...]

As the apartment revolution continues in Melbourne, car stackers and automated parking technology is set to play an ever-growing role in the life of the everyday Melbournian. As developers build bigger and bigger projects, space is at an absolute premium and automated and semi-automated car parking technology can help maximise the efficiencies of those spaces. [...]

Strata Plan shares apartment safety tips for the “vulnerable” holiday period. With holidays and the accompanying exodus of vacation-goers fast approaching, Strata Plan is warning customers to remain extra vigilant over the holidays- making sure to keep apartment safety in mind. While all residences should take extra security precautions before heading off on holiday, Strata [...]

As more and more strata developments are built, embedded electricity networks are becoming a fact of life for many Australians.   The use of embedded networks are proving increasingly popular with developers, but are not always greeted with the same enthusiasm by the people who eventually purchase and reside in the apartments.   This is [...]

Mattresses, rugs, cabinets and even home gym dumbbells, you won’t believe what gets dumped in bin rooms across Melbourne. Huge quantities of hard waste are left in common bin rooms across the state every month, and it is costing Melbourne Owners Corporations a small fortune. For those who live, own and work in Owners Corporations [...]

Proxies in Owners Corporations: What are they and why do they matter? At Strata Plan, we truly believe that active ownership is the best ownership. Sometimes, personal circumstances – such as living interstate or overseas, medical conditions or emergencies – mean taking an active interest in your Owners Corporation isn’t directly possible. Appointing a proxy [...]

Strata Plan is a firm believer that prevention beats cure, every time. Strata Plan takes the safety of its customers and their buildings seriously and we will always recommend that our customers take up all relevant safety checks as frequently as a building’s circumstances demand it. On very rare occasions, things can still go wrong [...]

If there is one niggly issue that clogs up so many of our Strata Managers’ inboxes, it’s complaints about car parks.