As featured in stuff.co.nz Joanne Barreto, president of the Strata Community Association, which represents body corporates, says Airbnb's growth is having a huge impact in apartment buildings. Complaints [...]
A layered development is the creation of a new unit title development within an existing unit title development – a little like a Russian Doll. Sections 19-22 of [...]
As you may be aware Property 101 Group Director & SCA(NZ) President, Joanne Barreto was on the Working Group for the Better Body Corporates initiative that spearheaded the [...]
The Unit Titles Act 2010 provides for unit owners and the body corporate to amend or replace the unit plan by carrying out a “redevelopment”. A redevelopment [...]
The Tenancy Tribunal and Courts have jurisdiction to hear and determine “unit title disputes”. Unit title disputes are all disputes arising out of or in connection with a [...]
We have had a number of queries recently from clients looking to convert their current cross lease title into a fee simple title. There are a number of [...]
New Zealand apartment owners want tougher rules for short-stay rental companies such as Airbnb following reports of theft, damage to property and overcrowding. Strata Community Organisation NZ (SCANZ), which represents Kiwi [...]
Apartment owners could be protected from “rogue” operators, mismanaging millions of dollars, if the country’s first strata property body can help push through further reforms to the government‘s [...]
Journalist Miriam Bell has done an exposé for Property Investors on SCA(NZ) and the Body Corporate Sector. Confusion about the workings of body corporates reigns and this has [...]
