Services

Red Dog Strata specialises in getting you out of the strata doghouse and making the process as easy as a walk in the park. Our team are not your average cohort. We are a hardworking bunch of passionate people who come from all walks of life. Red Dog Strata is heavily committed to the industry, and we regularly train our staff to match industry developments.

We offer effective and affordable advice on navigating the strata title act, making sure you are compliant, have good governance and follow legislation. Our services cover all the elements that encompass regional strata – from recording the required paper trails to assisting to conduct maintenance, we strive to always stay transparent and to make strata management easy to understand.

Strata Management & Consulting

When it comes to all thing’s strata – we are your go-to in regional and rural WA. It is our objective to ensure that your strata experience is as stress free possible. We pride ourselves in our tailored solutions that match the needs of the situation presented to us.

We have a wide range of services that your strata council can pick and choose based on the level of service desired, a unique requirement of your strata or a situational issue that requires additional management – or long term.

The standard services are;

• Assist in the financial management of your strata scheme
• Assist to manage cashflow via calculation of special levies, issuing & collecting approved levies, arrears recovery & payment plan management, insurance funding, strata loans etc
• Assist in Contractor and Supplier negotiation, engagement and administration
• Assist to arrange appropriate Insurance cover of your scheme to meet legislative requirements
• Assist to organise maintenance of the common property and services
• Guidance on Australia’s strata title act & regulations (not legal advice)
• Assisting to monitoring good governance practices
• Assist to comply with appropriate legislative expectations
• Advocating responsible compliance to taxation
• Assisting to organise and run effective meetings, including accurate recording and distribution of meeting minutes
• Assist to organise and disseminate property valuation for insurance purposes
• Assist to manage major capital projects (may require project manager)
• Assist with conflict resolution, arrears recovery and offer guidance on dispute services/mediation/SAT proceedings (not legal advice or services)

Other services may be available depending on your strata’s requirements.

Strata Maintenance

At Red Dog Strata, we are committed to ensuring you get value for money. Therefore, we have no problem in requesting updated quotations for regular services, to ensure the complex is always getting the best service and value at current and competitive rates.

Keeping on top of regular maintenance is a must. Too often, small items are put off, usually to keep levies as low as possible. Unfortunately, this always ends the same way, with either a large hike in levies a few years later, a massive special levy or in worst cases, a strata loan for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

We have built a reputation for “fixing” broken strata’s. You know, the ones with many maintenance issues and no money to fix them. The nightmare’s owners wish they never bought into. It is possible to turn them around but, it requires hard work, dedication and experience to do so, effectively… as well as commitment from Owners to put in the time to come to meetings, and put in the funds approved to allow actions to occur.

We have the skills, experience and a track record to get the job done – tell us your story and let’s see what we can come up with to start the process rolling.

Strata Meetings

We want you to be part of the process.
We believe that working together with the strata council and owners is an important element in getting the most out of your strata meetings.

Red Dog Strata urge all owners to attend the Annual General Meetings of their strata scheme. This is your opportunity to have your say in the running of the scheme, how your monies are spent and therefore, the direction your investment is heading in.

As we regularly deal with rural and regional WA strata’s that have owners all over Australia and the world, electronic communication is essential.

We encourage electronic meetings via Microsoft Teams at times that allow owners to attend without, in some cases, hours of travel to get to a location only to find there is no parking or it costs $45 for 3hrs!

Electronic pre voting and Electronic remote meetings allows you, as an owner, to join in the conversation no matter where you may be in Australia or the world.

After the AGM, it’s a team effort between the strata manager and the strata council to manage the finances, maintenance, repairs, replacement & insurance.

Communication – Making it easier

Valuable information also comes from owners/occupants who live onsite or visit the scheme. This information is extremely helpful and always welcome so we are investing in some new software and will have an APP coming out on Apple & Google Play late 2023/early 2024 for your smart phone, tablet or computer/laptop to allow owners, occupiers and/or building/property managers to upload/download a variety of things such as;

Maintenance requests & photo’s
Pet Applications
Solar or other sustainable utility installation requests
Structural Alterations
AGM agenda requests, and so on

As well as being able to review, download and pay your levies, download the strata plan/bylaws/insurance/past AGM minutes, vote on and/or attend meetings etc.

Councillors will love the dedicated “chat & vote” platform providing a one stop virtual meeting place for all council matters to stop the tens or hundreds of emails strings back and forth that occur throughout the year clogging up your inbox!

Soooo exciting!!

Anyway, enough from me.
Send me an email if you interested in any of our services or are curious if we can help with an issue you are experiencing.

Have a fantastic day!
From Michelle & the Red Dog team