Many Bodies Corporate are not aware of the risks associated with being compliant in their building.
Throughout our many years in the industry we have seen the consequences that come with not being compliant.
Failure to ensure your building is compliant can lead to:
- Fines for your Body Corporate
There could be two main reasons a committee may decide against their building being compliant.
The first is that the Body Corporate is simply unaware of the many laws that they are required to be compliant with.
The second reason is that the Body Corporate wants to run the scheme for the lowest cost possible. However, when a building is non-compliant it usually ends up costing the Body Corporate more than one that maintains their building to a high standard and takes the time to ensure all compliance is up to date and correct.
This is due to future repair costs (as discussed below) and fines that may occur due to non-compliance.
- Health and Safety Risks
When living in a Strata scheme, there is more than just yourself and your family to consider. All owners, residents and visitors are impacted by the decisions made in the scheme.
If your scheme decides to defer maintenance which will in turn lead them to be non-compliance, living conditions for all residences can become unhealthy or unsafe. This can include conditions such as poor indoor air quality and on the extreme end of the scale, fire equipment failure in the event of a fire.
- Cost more in the long run
Failure to ensure your building is compliant and well maintained can lead to higher costs in the future. If a piece of equipment is identified and non-compliant and your committee make the decision to leave the equipment as is, this can lead to higher repair costs in the future.
Why choose StarBMS
At StarBMS we carry out safety and compliance inspections and reports on risks at your building and advise how they might be controlled. We offer maintenance schedule and logbook packages that helps to ensure that your property is maintained in the best practice and all aspects of the property are compliant with the wide variety of regulations.