52 Fullarton Road, Norwood
PO Box 4040, Norwood South
South Australia 5067
P: 08 8333 5200
F: 08 8333 5210
E: mail@unitcare.com.au

UnitCare Newsletters

We publish a quarterly newsletter and have done so since we started the business in 1994.

They cover the issues important to South Australia's 100,000+ unit owners. Our newsletters also cover social and environmental issues.

Below are recent editions along with the major issues covered. Click on the image of the newsletter for a printable pdf file. We hope you find the informatin useful.

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Summer 2011/2012

Legislation update
Water leaks
Records access for officers

Winter 2011

New legislation in the Parliament
Recent Court case
Smoking in units
Hot Water Services & energy laws

Spring 2011

New tribunal for unit owners
Troubles with mangers
Insurance warning

Summer 2010/11

New legislation - have your say
Broadband frre cabling to units
UnitCare wins state award

Autumn 2011

Virtual meeting - Skype
New consumer laws
New blog

Spring 2010

So whose yard is it anyway ?
Who cleans the gutters
Client records - secure, searchable, fast & reliable

Winter 2010

Who pays the plumber ?
Meeting hints for your body corporate

Summer 2009/10

UnitCare wins state award
Best practice Community titles
national reform - licensing
Balconies & Pools

Autumn 2010

Buying a strata unit or community lot
Manager's poor advice costs owners
Landlord wins test case for lost future rent of leaky units

Winter 2009

Manager negligence
Boundaries -strata titles who owns what
Debt recovery hitch in Court

Spring 2009

Termite insurance
Boundaries - community titles who owns what
GST changes

Summer 2008/9

UnitCare wins state award
Sinking funds
Emails - legal issues & Acts
Committees & proxies

Autumn 2009

New legislation
Court rules on dog
Website upgrade

Winter 2008

Brush fences - building protection
Best Practice - debt collection
Housing report

Spring 2008

New water charges and readings
Best Practice - meetings & quorums
Trees for Life - how you can help our environment
Annual Audit Report

Summer 2007/8

Insurance & investment units
Best Practice - plumbing - who pays?
Conveyancers put owners & sales at risk

Autumn 2008

Court orders manager to apologise
Vetting contractors
Best Practice - noisy/nuisance tenants

Winter 2007

Trees for life
Insurance certification of agents

Spring 2007

Manager bad advice costs owners
Best Practice - owner duty to maintain
Strata insurance improvements in cover

Summer 2006/7

Water restrictions
Managers lie - privacy legislation & owners right to information
Real Estate Institute Code of Practice

Spring 2006

Electrical equipment - testing requirements
Sustainability - how we can all help
Strata Corporation vs Thomson - Court Case

Winter 2006

Reform - what NSW owners want to see
Insurance valuations - low cost option
Protecting client records

Autumn 2006

Termites - a new treatment option
Best Practice - fence notices
Love thy neighbour

Summer 2005/6

UnitCare going sustainable
Developers sign away owners rights
Security - fake cameras may help
Annual Audit Report

Spring 2005

New services proving popular - site visits/photos & Group/Assist
Strata Vs Thomson - court case update
Building costs