Can a body corporate ban you from owning a pet? Probably not

[Kaye]

Interesting Reading https://lawnews.nz/property/can-a-bo...4dae4c839eoprf

[McGinty]

Hi all,
Hoping someone can give us some guidance on where we stand here…

My mother bought an investment unit in Christchurch >20 years ago. She is now elderly and has been looking to sell the unit for several years but has been having a lot of trouble shifting it as every time...

[Alexy]

Hi all,

if a tenant causes a fire in the apartment, would the unit and and fixtures be covered by the body corporate insurance?

thanks

[OnTheMove]

Have an apartment in single level, 12 in a row, parking underneath, apartments on 2nd floor etc.

The apartment next door has ripped out all carpet etc, and installed tiling through out. They did a flappn shoddy job and could barely communicate with me, supposedly the grouting is already...

[vn1975]

Hi all,

I own an apartment (rented out now) in multi apartment building. Building is quite new (2009 y). Recently I decided to terminate contract with property managers and manage it myself. During the first inspection I found out that carpet near apartment window is covered with mold....

[Loafing]

Can anyone recommend a good Body Corporate Management company?

We are a very small block of 4 townhouses in Auckland (Parnell).

Our current BC Management won't help us get a few quotes to paint one external facade or any maintenance items for that matter.

I understand...

[partya]

Hello. We recently accepted a quote for some work to be carried out on a roof within our body corporate. The quote was for circa $6,000. It was thought that there may need to be some roofing replaced, but this was not the case. The fix equated to two workers taking about 6 hours to perform what hopefully...

[adwood88]

Hi all - good to see this forum exists!

I'm applying for personal insurance for my own house and contents, but I'm unsure about how to answer a question in the application form. I'd like to be completely honest in my application, but I also don't want insert unnecessary information...

[Phant]

Just wondering what happens as the building gets older? For example looking 30 years later, is the body corporate just going to keep getting more expensive to the point everyone needs to chip in large amounts to keep the building standing? I figure that body corporate fees increase faster than inflation,...

[kanwal13]

Hi

Can anyone please advise if there is a legal requirement to have a body corp?
We are looking at buying a unit where they don't have a body corp set up. Every owner has taken up their own property insurance. If we want to set up one after we bought the unit, can we do that?
...

[kiwi99well]

Hi - does anyone out there have any experience with running a body corporate for a situation when there are only two flats on a property?

And specifically, has anyone been able to get out of setting one up, on the basis of there are just two flats?

As background, as most of...

[Akaroa Villas]

Apologies if this has already been covered and if so could someone please direct me to the conversation.

Has any other BC committees been successful in finding an insurer that does not have an natural disaster excess of 5% of site sum insured. ie a BC with a value of $5M has an excess of...

[klauster]

Dealing with a Body Corporate that has a history of failing to maintain a new building.
At this point the AGM has agreed to increase the levies by 25% to fund urgent repairs, however, the BC management does not provide any proof of due diligence spending the budget wisely.

Apart...

[Merlot Mike]

Hi all, I'm looking a buying a brick n tile type unit in Auckland. The units are all in a BC the cost of which apparently is just the insurance for the whole place. There is no official secretary or long term maintenance plan in place. The common property is just a driveway and the units each share...

[prop.io]

If purchasing an apartment what due diligence should be conducted in relation to the Body Corporate. What is your must check list of items?