About Us

 
1. Background

Alpine Body Corporate Management Pty Ltd (“Alpine BCM”) was established in 2005 to address the increase in private ownership of apartments at Mt Buller. The ownership of an apartment at Mt Buller is usually held in the form of a sub-lease and shares in a special purpose, private company; the company acts as a body corporate service company. From a start of seven properties in the Mt Buller village in July 2006, Alpine BCM manages 16 and another four in the Mansfield township. These properties have an insured market value of in excess of $120 million and combined annual expenditures of approximately $3.0 million.
Alpine BCM is the only company based in the high country that specialises exclusively in body corporate management and the Principals themselves own a property at Mt Buller.

2. The Alpine BCM business

The sixteen properties at Mt Buller range in size and complexity from one of the largest apartment blocks containing 53 units to those with only three free standing houses
As the manager of multiple properties, ranging from large to small, Alpine BCM’s operation reflects professionalism, personalised service and importantly efficiencies and synergies. All transactions are processed, recorded and subsequently maintained by Alpine BCM in-house.
The maintenance of proper and accurate statutory and financial records is very important and accordingly owners are placing increasing emphasis on the quality of these services. Additionally the Mt Buller Resort Management Board, lawyers and finance providers place high demand for accuracy in statutory records management and property transfers. Alpine BCM is well qualified to meet the increasing statutory and regulatory requirements for property management.
Alpine BCM holds a current registration as an Owners Corporation Manager and carries Professional Indemnity cover of $2 million – comfortably in excess of that required by the new legislation.

3. Brief biographical details of the Principals

Iain Kirkwood
Iain is a Chartered Accountant and CPA with over 35 years’ experience in business management, administration and finance. Iain is a principal of Sandringham Corporate Advisory which incorporates Alpine BCM. His professional memberships include the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia, CPA Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Lyn Kirkwood
Lyn is an experienced accountant and computer programmer. She has run her own successful private accounting practice in Adelaide and Melbourne providing clients with efficient back-office support. Lyn handles all the day to day office administration and accounting including dealing with creditors and owners required to ensure the smooth, seamless running of the body corporate.