Brisbane Apartment

The body corporate adjudicator recently allowed a dog to reside in an apartment, even though a number of apartments in the building were use...

The Federal Court recently decided in favour of the onsite manager against an offsite real estate agent in relation to use by the offsite ag...

This recent decision confirms previous decisions that a bylaw in a Queensland strata titled scheme that prevents short term rentals, such as...

It appears that in Queensland, it is difficult, if not impossible, to prevent lot owners in a strata titled building from renting their apar...

Well known lawyer, Michael Teys, has been banned by ASIC from being a director.  Mr Teys often advises body corporate committees in relation...

The Queensland Supreme Court recently decided a case involving an off the plan apartment contract in the Soul building at Surfers Paradise. ...

A Meriton construction company is being sued by a body corporate for building defects. "BILLIONAIRE developer Harry Triguboff is at t...

The High Court has unanimously held that listed developer Brookfield ­Multiplex, the builder of the $60 million Chelsea apartment tower in ­...

A recent Supreme Court of Queensland case shows that it is important to be precise when following contractual provisions.  A buyer and selle...

A long running lawsuit about a car parking space reached conclusion recently, with a decision from the Queensland Court of Appeals. See  Ha...

It seems that Body Corporate Committee members are officiously and uncaringly trying to prevent apartment owners have pets, even though ther...

Many owners of apartments in Festival Towers in Brisbane, and the body corporate, are suing Devine Limited and Brookfield Multiplex Construc...

See here for a transcript of a conversation with property analysts, as to whether it is too risky to buy an apartment in Qld due to the cha...

A number of years ago, I "awarded" the Hilton Residents on the Gold Coast as one of the worst apartment investments in SE Queensla...

A recent interesting Federal Court decision in favour of Mantra, that decides that the onsite manager can own a trademark for its letting bu...

A number of off-the-plan purchasers for The Oracle development at Broadbeach refused to settle.  One reason they gave for their refusal was ...

Many buyers in Niecon's The Oracle development at Broadbeach purchased off the plan and failed to settle.   A recent court decision sho...

Here is an interesting but sad story about a teacher's aid, who signed an off-the-plan contract in 2006 to purchase an apartment in The ...

Some apartment buildings are built for residents, but are used for short term stays (hotel style accommodation) that causes problems for res...

Mirvac lost a legal battle in the Queensland Court of Appeal this week, in relation to an apartment at Tennyson Reach that flooded in Januar...