A reader who lives in a sectional title complex wants to know what he can do about the trustees and managing agent failing to call annual general meetings. … [Read more...]
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Disruptive trustees impact running of sectional title complex
I would like to know what can be done about the conduct of two trustees in our sectional title complex who are embroiled in a personal conflict that is negatively impacting administration. One of the trustees has instituted legal steps against the other for defamation of character and this has caused the meetings to take on a very unpleasant tone. The normal debates have now almost become a … [Read more...]
How to manage trustees who disrupt sectional title meetings
A reader wants to know what can be done about the conduct of two trustees in a sectional title scheme embroiled in a personal conflict that is negatively impacting on its administration. … [Read more...]
Self-appointed trustees administer body corporate for own benefit
A reader believes the body corporate of the sectional title complex in which she lives is administering it for its own benefit and wants to know what can be done. … [Read more...]
Holding self-serving trustees on body corporate accountable
I feel the body corporate of the sectional title complex in which I live is administering it for its own benefit and I would like to know what can be done about this. A self-appointed husband and wife team run the body corporate, together with two trustees. It has not increased the levies for two years and there has been no communication in this regard from it during this time. The body … [Read more...]
Onus on trustees to collect outstanding levies
Levies in a sectional title scheme are payable in advance and a reader wants to know if the full outstanding levies in a particular financial year can be collected following the continued default of the owner concerned. … [Read more...]
Trustees denies access to inspect alterations
An owner in our section title complex has made alterations to his unit. Since no approval was obtained from the body corporate, the trustees want an inspection to determine whether plans were submitted as well as how it will impact on the participation quota and floor area. The owner maintains that his property is private and that nobody, not even the body corporate, may enter the … [Read more...]
Sectional title trustees missing in action
Our sectional title experts are faced with a situation where it has become unclear who the board of trustees are. The owner of one of the units says a board were elected and changed from time to time as people resigned, were not reappointed, removed or the like. Then, in recent times and ostensibly due to an internal power struggle, a series of events has resulted in the current … [Read more...]
Confusion over sectional title trustees
Dear YourProperty, I own a unit in a large sectional title complex and it has become somewhat unclear who the board of trustees are. The board were initially elected, but the trustees changed from time to time as is usually the case. Somewhere along the line a power struggle ensued and now we have an "old" versus "new" board scenario. The "old" board maintain they are incumbent while … [Read more...]
Trustees mishandle sectional title scheme
Dear YourProperty I own a flat in a sectional title scheme and have quite a few concerns about the trustees' management of the scheme. The people who live in the building are not very well off which is probably where all of these issues initially stemmed from. The building itself has not been maintained and the levies which were paid to the body corporate for maintenance purposes were stolen … [Read more...]
Trustees not trusted to run sectional title scheme
A reader who owns a flat in a sectional title scheme has approached the YourProperty experts with concerns about the trustees' management of the scheme. He explains that the community living in the building is not financially well off and much of the mismanagement stemmed from a combination of greed and ignorance. The building seems to be in a poor state of repair, with the roof leaking when … [Read more...]
Trustees
Trustees are members of the body corporate who are appointed by the owners at the annual general meeting and tasked with the day-to-day management of the scheme. They are usually, but not always, owners in the scheme themselves and do so on a voluntary, unpaid basis … [Read more...]
Trustees not acting in body corporate interests
The management of a body corporate appears to be a thorny issue for two readers who have approached the YourProperty expert about the roles and responsibilities of a trustee and chairperson respectively. In the first question, the reader mentions that the bona fides or good faith of a particular trustee is dubious, as he has tried to feed work to his own company on more than one … [Read more...]
Trustees liable for maladministration of scheme
Another reader dissatisfied with the administration of his sectional title scheme has asked the Property Poser experts for guidance. The frustrated reader says that the trustees do not appear to believe that they are answerable to the unit owners in the scheme. He explains, for example, that they raise funds for a specific purpose by way of additional contributions from the owners and then … [Read more...]
What remedies are available for unaccountable trustees?
Hello Property Poser, Our trustees don't seem to think that they're accountable to the owners in our scheme. They raise funds for a specific cause by way of contributions from us, the owners, but then they spend those funds on something completely different. Some of these funds are also "lost" during the process. To top it all off, they can't give us an acceptable explanation for their … [Read more...]
What do I do with troublesome trustees?
Hello Property Poser, I hope that you can help me. We have problems with our trustees in our sectional title scheme and the directors of the overriding home owners association NPC. We have four sectional title complexes in the home owners association HOA NPC. It is clear that they enrich themselves at the expense of the owners. We have searched on the internet and we hope that you can … [Read more...]
No trust in troublesome trustees
A reader who has taken issue with the trustees of her complex has approached the Property Poser expert for help. She feels that the trustees are taking liberties with their authority, enriching themselves and taking care of problems that negatively impact on their own units before considering the needs of the other owners. The reader has done some research of her own and seems to think the … [Read more...]
How and when to change trustees of a complex
Changing the management and conduct rules of your complex to force trustees to reveal detailed financial information is not the way to solve the problem. … [Read more...]
