Thanks everyone for your suggestions, it's really appreciated.   We'll see how we go, but I know in my heart we don't want to make an elderly gent's twilight years stressful – hell if he has no family we might even adopt him!

Hi Tim,I probably wouldn't take it on myself – but that doesn't stop you from keeping a close eye on everything – you can also nominate for Chairman on the BC Owners Committee.  Make yourself heard very clearly and keep the pressure on if things aren't getting done.  I told my ex-BCM I'd turn up at his house to discuss if he couldn't provide the i…[Read more]

Sorry that was meant to say:Ask for end of year financials (income and expenditure report – my previous BCM could NOT even provide this!)Noni (the bad BCM slayer)

I've just sacked our Body Corporate Manager who has been useless for four years after getting consensus from the other owners – bad Body Corporate Managers are like tinea – bloody annoying and hard to get rid of.You are paying them money to do a job and if they are not doing the job or even responding to your communications, I suggest you speak…[Read more]

Contrary to the experiences of others, we did a quick update of an entire bathroom in one of our rental properties with just tile paint – including the shower recess – thinking it would tide us over for a couple of months until we could afford to re-tile.  Two years later the paint still looks as good as new! There's no peeling or flaking at a…[Read more]

Thanks k hook ,  That makes perfect sense to me and this is the exact information I'm after.  Anyone else get the annual profit and loss statement in their BC AGM Minutes?  Are there any BC Managers or companies out there that can advise?CheersNoni

fantastic thanks Raddles,  I'm pretty sure our Solicitor did that search – she's very thorough – but I'll certainly check when I can get my hands on the docs at home.I'm off to search the sites you've provided.Thanks for your reply.