Centurion Management Services

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	Steve Plummer
	M: 094768663
	E: steve@centurion.co.nz

Steve Plummer (DipPol) returned from the UK in 2003 where he had been working as a Contract Manager for a large multinational company. Steve comes from a policing background having spent a number of years in the NZ Police working in a variety of specialist squads.


	Sonya Hale
	M: 094768663
	E: sonya@centurion.co.nz

Sonya Hale has a strong legal background in property, litigation and intellectual property, together with proven experience in Body Corporate Management. Sonya's focus is on providing a professional and committed service to all our clients.


	Russell Ballantyne
	M: 094768663
	E: russell@centurion.co.nz

Russell Ballantyne (NZCIC) is a valuable addition to our team with accounting, legal, property management, administration and a senior management background. Russell brings those varied and wide ranging skills to provide a high standard of Body Corporate Management and professionalism.


	Cory Cashin
	M: 094768663
	E: cory@centurion.co.nz

Cory Cashin has been in the property industry for over 10 years specializing in management of commercial, residential and association properties whilst also having experience in the sales and development sector.


	Sarah Rains
	M: 094768663
	E: sarah@centurion.co.nz

Sarah Rains(Bachelor of Science in Marketing & Business) brings previous experience in both Residential & Commercial Property Management, Administration and Customer Service from positions held in New Zealand and the U.S.A.. Sarah’s focus is providing an efficient and professional service to all our clients.

You and your fellow owners together make up the body corporate of your property.

'Body corporate' is simply the legal name given to the collective entity made up of all the owners in a unit-titled development.

Most bodies corporate appoint a professional body corporate manager, like Centurion, rather than ask one of the owners to do the job.

As your professional body corporate manager Centurion will:

Issue regular update letters to all owners of the property
Organise AGMs and all body corporate meetings
Co-ordinate asset management, insurance, maintenance, building compliance, health & safety and all statutory obligations
Provide unbiased, independent advice to resolve differences and bring members to a collective agreement over issues
Provide specialised computer systems required for accounting, billing and record keeping
Issue Section 36 certificates promptly
Fulfil all the legal duties of a body corporate secretary as outlined in the Unit Titles Act 1972

Now that's clear, would you like to find out more about Centurion?

Accessory Unit – A unit attached to one or more principal units, for example: car park, storage locker or access way.

Common Property - Areas owned by all the owners as tenants in common.

Budget - An estimate of the costs your body corporate will incur in the coming financial year. Must be approved by all owners and is the basis of the levies you pay.

Annual Levy - Also called 'body corporate levy" or "body corporate fees" - the annual contribution each unit owner must pay in respect of their unit.

Committee - Owners elected at a general meeting to govern the body corporate in accordance with the Unit Titles Act 1972.

Annual General Meeting (AGM) - A meeting of all of the members of the body corporate. There must be at least one meeting every year referred to as the Annual General Meeting.

Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) - Any general meeting of the body corporate other than the Annual General Meeting.

Proprietor - The registered owner of a unit.

Proxy - Written authority given to someone else to allow them to attend and vote on your behalf at a general meeting.

Rules - Specific things that can or cannot be done by your body corporate. It's important to read and understand the rules of your own body corporate before you buy into a complex.

Sinking Fund - A long term fund to pay for future planned maintenance.

Trust Account - An account which holds each body corporate's funds entirely separate from all other money.

Unit Entitlement - This determines what proportion of the budgeted costs will be paid by the owner of a unit, and the voting power of that unit.

Unit Titles Act 1972 - The law governing all bodies corporate.

Section 36 Notice - Requested by an owner when selling their unit, it certifies the balance owing to the body corporate in respect of that unit.

Unit Plan - The plan of the whole development - filed at Land Information New Zealand - determines what is common property (the body corporate's responsibility) and what is private property (the unit owner's responsibility).

Special Levy - To keep things simple most bodies corporate that need to raise money for a special purpose refer to that levy on members as a "special levy".

Quorum - The number of owners that must be present or represented at a body corporate meeting before it can conduct business. The quorum is set by Schedule 2 rules.

Private Property - Property which belongs to an individual unit and is not shown as common property on the unit plan.

We know every single property we manage well because we visit it regularly. That way, problems are often solved before anyone needs to call us.

Financially we keep things simple and transparent:

We charge a flat management fee with no hidden extras.
We give each body corporate its very own bank account (instead of putting everything into one big trust).

We manage a huge variety of buildings - from some of the largest in Auckland to some of the smallest.

If you'd like to see a detailed proposal on how we'd manage your property have a chat with Steve Plummer, our new business director.

Steve Plummer DDI: 09 476 8663

Hello, you're on the Centurion Management Services home page. Are youplanning a new development?Maybe you are interested in changing body corporates?Would you like to find out more about our team of body corporate managers?Or are you completely new to all this and you're wondering to yourself, what is a body corporate?We know we can help you, so find out more about Centurionor contact usfor further assistance.

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