Understanding
Company Title
Our popular ebook, Understanding Company Title, is now up to its Fourth Edition and includes:
- The basics of Company Title, including house rules and common property,
- Things you should know about buying and selling shares in a Company Title building,
- Governance and Management, the board and running a good general meeting,
- The obligations of directors, and maintaining company records,
- Rights, duties and disputes,
- And much more…
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Why are up to date governance documents so important for company title buildings?
Many of the difficulties associated with the management and running of a company title building can be traced back to outdated or unsuitable governing documents. Is it time for your company title building to put in place an up-to-date modern constitution and effective...
What is a Pet Policy and why does my Company Title building need one?
If you are a Home Unit owner, then no doubt you are aware of how pets can bring both joy and strife. For Company Title buildings, it is important to ensure that your policies protect the rights of all members and occupants, while managing responsible keeping of pets. So how does a Board of Directors accomplish this?
Don’t let the lack of a Pet Ownership Policy cause disputes and conflicts in your company title building. Well run Company Title Buildings have ‘House Rules’ that regulate the management of the building and the conduct of its residents on a day-to-day basis, including pet ownership. What are some of the things you need to think about when implementing a Pet Ownership Policy?
What is Strata Title?
Purchasing property can be a big deal. Unfortunately, the antiquated language of ‘land law’ has made purchasing property complicated for first timers. If you’re ‘in the market’, no doubt you will have come across an endless stream of legal terminology that has no use in everyday language (see ‘demise’, ‘fee simple’, or ‘title’). This article sheds some light on one of the most important terms that applies to many new properties: ‘strata title’.
What must you consider when you decide to sell a company title home unit?
There are three kinds of company title owners: those who don’t know how it differs from other ownership schemes, those who do know but don’t know the implications this has, and those who understand both. Unfortunately, those of the third type are few and far between.
How can company title buildings manage major renovations by shareholders?
If you are a company title director for any extended length of time, there is a good chance that you will eventually receive a proposal for major renovations to a home unit. Dealing with renovations can be tricky for several reasons; the most obvious being that the building itself may be devalued if the renovations are overly disruptive or carried-out incorrectly. Unfortunately, it will be the volunteer members of the Board of Directors (the Board) that must deal with the ensuing outrage of the building’s occupiers.
Short term leasing laws changing from 18 December 2020
The rising and largely unregulated popularity of short term leasing in high rise complex buildings has caused disruption to many strata title and company title communities. However, both the Government and the community are responding.
Can you still ban pets in Company Title Buildings following the Cooper Case?
Following the decision in Coopers Case, can you still ban pets in a Company Title Building?
Fire safety and your building – choosing the right fire safety practitioner for your strata title or company title building
Ensuring the fire safety of buildings is now a prime focus for owners of strata title and company title buildings. Under new rules, owners of buildings must ensure that they conduct proper due diligence and check that they have engaged an accredited fire safety practitioner.
Company Title Regulations – The dangers of not having ‘House Rules’
A Company Title home building is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association (now known as a Constitution). The better run company title home buildings also have a set of company title regulations in place commonly known as ‘House Rules’. What are House...
Converting Company Title To Strata Title: What Company Title Directors Should Know
There is no reason why Company Title buildings should not be converted to Strata Title. Indeed, converting Company Title to Strata Title may be in the financial interests of all existing shareholders. This is particularly relevant in the current financial market,...