Body Corporate Services
Services
Fee structure
Online access
Administration systems standards
Reliable allied services
Range of services
Strata Care Australia has the people, systems, technology, and services—secretarial, treasury, compliance, and facility management—to meet the administrative requirements of bodies corporate.
With offices at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Strata Care Australia is centrally located to provide prompt response and efficiently administer schemes throughout Greater Brisbane and South East Queensland.
Our range of services
In consultation with your body corporate committee, we will tailor services (listed below) to the particular needs of your scheme. As the requirements of the scheme change, we can alter, add, or delete services by mutual agreement with the committee.
Our fee structure
We estimate our annual administration fee for the services selected by your body corporate committee and state this fee in our agreement. We also nominate our rates for providing any additional services requested by the committee.
Online access (to your body corporate affairs)
Strata Care Australia offer body corporate owners secure, 24-hour online access to their affairs. Using password identification, authorised members of your scheme are able to view relevant aspects of their lot, managed by Strata Care Australia.
Administration systems standards
The specialised software used by Strata Care Australia in our administrative systems complies with Queensland legislation (Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 and the Regulations) and Australian Accounting Standards.
Referring reliable allied services
Strata Care Australia has had opportunities to observe the performance of firms that provide allied services to schemes in areas such as building inspection and valuation, pest management, and building repairs and refurbishing. At the request of the body corporate committee, we can provide a list of firms we have found reliable. The committee may wish to include these in their calls for tenders or quotes.
Our range of services
Secretarial
- maintain body corporate roll and registers
- meetings (including convening meetings, calling for committee nominations, attending committee meetings, distribute meeting notices, and take and distribute minutes)
- answer correspondence on behalf of the body corporate
- maintain body corporate records and documents
- common seal custody (hold the common seal and supervise its use)
Treasury (financial management and reporting)
- prepare annual budgets for the administration and sinking funds
- prepare body corporate financials at the end of each financial year
- maintain and operate body corporate bank accounts (including daily reconciliation)
- issue levy contribution notices.
- pay accounts by cheque or EFT
- prepare quarterly BAS (for GST registered bodies corporate)
- prepare financial reports for annual tax returns
Administration (protecting common interests)
- obtain insurance quotations and ensure adequate insurance is in place
- lodge insurance claims
- provide general advice to committee
- lodge documents with various Government Departments
- liaise with contractors and issue maintenance request work orders.
Optional chargeable services (on request)
- arrange sinking fund forecasts, insurance valuations and workplace health and safety audits when authorised by the committee
- assist with dispute resolution
- debt recovery (outstanding levies)
- Queensland Building Services Authority applications
- assist with audit preparation
- extraordinary general meetings (issuing notices, convening the meetings, minuting proceedings, and distributing minutes)
- assist the committee to locate specialist allied services
- site inspections - as requested by committee
- arrange for annual safety or condition reports - as requested by committee