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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 info I wanted in a reasonable time – which ironically he somehow managed to do in record time after ignoring emails and calls for weeks. And if things aren't getting done – consider why you should pay their quarterly fee. If they don't do the job, in my opinion they don't deserve the pay – you're not donating to a charity.
The fees and level of service of BCM vary with each business and complex but if you get a few quotes you'll soon work out a reasonable average for your area.
Good luck
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 with the other owners to see how they feel and get rid of them. If it's an AGM you should be able to add a vote to the agenda.
It's simply not good enough and there are plenty of BC companies that would want your business.
At the meeting today:
Find out when their contract expires
Get a copy of the administrative agreement
Ask for end of year financials (income and expenditure report – my previous BCM could even provide this!)
Ask for last year's AGM mintues – are there things that haven't been actioned since then?Ask why you haven't heard form them in 18 months (how do you pay their fee?)
Ask why they don't respond to your communication
Ask who the garden contrator is and how much they're paid and what the arragement is. Get the details and contact them yourself to check facts.
Grill them on every last detail of everything – they are being paid to know these things and action the requests of the Body Corporate owners.
If your property is in Brisbane I can recommend a decent BCM and happy to advise which one in particular to avoid from recent and personal experience. Are we allow to out 'shoddy' and shady managers in this forum?
Cheers
Noni
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 all, or mould……which use to be a bit of a problem in some areas. I was pleasantly surprised.
I think if you follow the directions to a tee and make sure the surfaces are ultra clean before you start it's a cheap way to stretch out a bathroom makeover if you're short of funds.
I wouldn't hestitate to recommend tile paint for a quick – though not permanent – fix.
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?
Cheers
Noni
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.
