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The Ins & Outs of Retirement Village Schemes


Tired of mowing your lawn, maintaining your property? Need to downsize or want to live in a community with more security? You might be considering moving into a Retirement Village but are not sure if it’s for you? Uncertain about the complexities of purchasing a unit and the costs incurred on sale of your unit?

Here we set out some brief information on the “Ins” and “Outs” of Retirement Villages as registered under the Retirement Villages Act 1999 (Qld).

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Advance Health Directives


If you become seriously ill or unconscious, or are no longer able to make decisions, you may be unable to communicate decisions on your healthcare. If you do not have an Advance Health Directive (AHD), you have no legal way of making your wishes known about when to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining measures.

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Body Corporate Information Gap


Disclosure of Body Corporate Information to prospective Buyers of units in Community Title Schemes was expanded last year by the Queensland Government.

From 14 April 2011 Sellers of units have had to disclose to their Buyers the basis upon which the Body Corporate levies have been calculated (contribution or interest schedule entitlement) and also provide a copy of the current community management statement for the scheme.

The Government did not however require that sellers disclose the amount of any unpaid levies!

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Body Corporate 101: Maintenance - Strata Community Australia


Property & Strata Services Partner, Michael Kleinschmidt, will be one of 5 speakers at the upcoming Strata Community Australia "Body Corporate 101: Maintenance" seminar. The seminar will be held at Spring Hill in Brisbane on Thursday 9 February 2012. Follow the link below to SCA's website for full details, fee information and registration.

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