Getting to grips with body corporates – Landlords.co.nz
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 [...]
Introducing Strata eBook
A key aim of SCA (NZ) is to create greater clarity and transparency to the bodies corporate sector. To help explain common body corporate complexities, the SCA (NZ) [...]
The pain deepens
Council red tape is costing home builders dearly with one person spending $270,000 before getting council sign-off to start building in their backyard. As featured in the NZ [...]
Unit Titles Act Review – Discussion Document Consultation
From the desk of Joanne Barreto Further to our recent correspondence regarding the UTA review, the dates for consultation workshops have now been confirmed (see below). I will [...]
Unit Titles Act Review 2016
This evening I met with the Minister of Building and Housing, Hon Dr Nick Smith and MP Hon Nikki Kaye, along with colleagues from MBIE who have been [...]
Unit Titles Act consultation update
I recently met with representatives from MBIE with regard to the Unit Titles Act review. They have advised that the project has been approved and it is intended [...]
NZ’s biggest building claim settles out of court
(As featured here on www.nzherald.co.nz) A confidential settlement has been reached in New Zealand's biggest defective building court claim where owners were suing for $40 million. Owners of [...]
Wrinkles to owning apartments
After listening to Bernard Hickey present at a recent Chamber of Commerce Business update, as a business owner in the Property Sector I was left inspired! Then his [...]
Apartment sector shakeup imminent
As featured in the NZ Herald - Friday September 9th, 2016 "We are a month away on unit title proposals" - Smith A shakeup of New Zealand's $40 [...]