Creating a Discussion lets you communicate with all council members and management, along with select Strata Owners. (Discussions can be only be created by Strata Managers and council members). You can add a simple Poll to a Discussion to get feedback about any topic. To create a Poll, go to ‘Discussions’ on the left side […]
Category: 08. Self-Managed Strata
Removing Access to a Strata Property
Removing a Strata Owner’s access to strata property does not delete the correspondence that person had with the strata council or management. To remove access for a Strata Owner: Go to the Owners list using the mini-menu for the property options. Click on the Strata Owner’s name of who you want to remove access. Under […]
Posting Notices
‘Notices‘ are a method of communicating directly with a single Strata Owner or a small group of Strata Owners. The difference between a Discussions and Notices is that Notices WILL NOT send a notification to all strata council members, but all council members can view the posted Notices. Notices can only be created by the […]
Short Development Names for Properties
Short Development Names are used in place of the full name of the property on the subject line on outgoing email messages. For example, shorten your default strata property name from “Westside Oceanview Terrace’ to ‘WOT’ or anything relevant that you like. To set a Short Development Name for a property: Go to ‘Edit Property‘ […]
Adding or Removing Order Reminders
Sometimes it is easy to forget an order that is pending so we’ve added order reminders that you can customize for your preference. This setting is used by the Property Management main account and any Strata Council member account. Go to the Settings page for your account (top right corner of the dashboard under the […]
Form B Request from Strata Owners
In British Columbia, a Strata Corporation Form B is a legal document that provides important information about a strata corporation. The Form B is also known as the “Information Certificate” and is typically prepared by the strata corporation’s property manager or strata council. A Form B is used by lenders to assess the financial viability […]
Change Permissions on a Folder
If you want to create a private folder for council members, or for any other reason, use the permissions control feature for the folder. Creating a ‘Council Only’ folder: In the root directory, click the blue ‘+’ button next to the breadcrumb directory list. Name the folder ‘Council Only’. Right-click on the folder and exclude […]
Using the Rental Manager Feature
If you are a Rental Manager, you need to create a Property Management account first, and you can then add a Rental Manager to your account. A Rental Manager account can then be linked to a Strata Owner’s unit within StrataPress. A Rental Manager will be able to receive Updates on behalf of Strata Owners […]
Invalid Email Reports
For Property Management Accounts. Every posted Update notification in StrataPress is tracked to know if the message was delivered the the recipient’s email, or bounced back. If an email notification is not delivered, the details will be in the Invalid Email Report. If the email was not delivered, you may need to contact the recipient […]
Information Required to Complete a Form B
Form B Certificates The Form B is a very important document because it not only outlines what parking stall(s) and storage locker(s) are designated to the unit, it also tells you how much the maintenance fee is and how much money is in the contingency reserve fund (minus any expenditures already approved but not yet […]