Is Strata Management an Art ?

I’ve been hearing how strata management is a profession for a long time now. But, recently strata management is also starting to be called an art.

So, are we really going there?

The term Art has a few meanings as follows, none of which I’d say really apply [and, nor should they] to strata building management.

Regardless of the debate about what strata management actually is and should be called: a trade; a service; a profession; a science; an art;  [which we can keep for another time] this episode of PMT Collective podcast called The ART of Property Management, is actually a good and interesting account of the role and work of strata managers by West Australian strata manager, @AidanGorjy from Lockhart Strata Management.

Some of my favourite highlights from the podcast include:

• the use of scheme summaries [which I’ve rarely seen formalised]

• the discussion about how pets are taking over strata buildings [woof], and

• electronic remote monitoring of small, but pesky, devices and issues like fire alarms or gas and water leaks.

Although, those things sound more like life and science that art.

You can listen to the podcast here.