Category: General

Entirely Paperless!

Posted on 29/07/2016 O Comment

Being a Building Manager of over 300 residents, portal has been my saving grace. The portal has allowed me to view and manage my workload with no more phone calls or endless backlog of paperwork. All my residents can log on and book repairs /maintenance, & facilities with a push of a button with an

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An Effective Way to Channel Communications

Posted on 14/07/2016 O Comment

Historically we tried Sharepoint. That worked well, however we had issues with people “blogging” to air their issues. This was not productive and was very hard to manage. The other major concern was that of privacy. Since sourcing this new portal, all participants can still interact and ask questions knowing that these questions can be

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A Bright Future for Service Providers

Posted on 14/07/2016 O Comment

Without doubt you took a risk in trying (for the fist time ever as far as I know) to control the vital task of orgainising a yearly AFSS via a web portal platform. You have done extremely well. The fire services company inform me that they received not one phone call to their hotline during

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About Strataspot

Posted on 01/06/2016 O Comment

Safe, reliable and easy to use, Strataspot is the only tool you’ll ever need to communicate within your building complex.

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Can tenants rent out their landlord’s properties on Airbnb? Here’s our take.

Posted on 17/04/2016 O Comment

You may have heard the shouts and murmurs regarding the Airbnb debacle and the landmark court case that was won by Barbara Uecker in Victoria. If you haven’t, well, in a nutshell, a tenant was wrongfully evicted from a premises by her landlord based on the understanding that she was subletting the apartment on Airbnb without the express permission

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9 things you must do to protect your rights as a tenant

Posted on 16/04/2016 O Comment

Moving into a rental property can come with challenges, especially when something goes wrong. Suffice to say, things break – shower heads stop working correctly, hot water pipes leak, drains get clogged, and tiles can start to peal off the wall. And although strata cover these issues, some problems are murkier than others, such as

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Commonly Used Strata Terms You Probably Should Know

Posted on 16/04/2016 O Comment

What is the difference between an Admin Fund and a Sinking Fund? Admin Fund The Administrative Fund is used to pay for day-to-day running expenses of a Strata Scheme. The funds are controlled by the Owners’ Corporation and is used for such things as, cleaning costs, gardening, insurance premiums and excesses, utility bills (including water,

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