Body corporate and shared roofs
Townhouses and units in Brisbane share more than a colour. They share common property, access through lots, and an AGM that can turn a membrane into a debate about ten opinions.
Lila Nguyen · 14 July 2025
Decisions
Money and decisions
Quotes, warranties, insurance, body corporate politics, and the honest line between restoration and a full replacement.
Restoration versus full replacement
The honest choice is not a colour chart against a new roof brochure. It is remaining life, energy, insurance and the street, weighed without a fake number on the verandah.
Tom Birtles · 2 June 2025
Insurance, storm claims and restoration
After a Brisbane storm, restoration sits in an awkward place between like-for-like, betterment and a cash settlement. Insurers have reasons to prefer replacement. Owners have reasons to ask for the scope in writing.
Patrick O'Shea · 28 April 2025
Warranties that survive the first storm
A warranty on a Brisbane roof is only as real as the workmanship, the product batch and the things you are told not to do. The first serious cell is the audit.
Dean Harcourt · 17 March 2025
How to read a roof restoration quote
A Brisbane roof quote is a specification disguised as a price. If the line items are missing, the number is not a bargain. It is a blank.
Meredith Keane · 4 February 2025