Michael Teys is the founder of The Strata Professionals Group and the architect of the professional standard every office in the network operates to.
He brings more than 40 years in strata — including over 30 years as a specialist strata lawyer — a decade of strata business ownership, and an active programme of academic research into multi-owned property governance.
Michael practised as a specialist strata lawyer from 1994, advising committees, developers, and owners across the full spectrum of strata disputes, compliance, and governance, and served as a Fellow of the Australian College of Strata Law. He went on to own and run strata management companies across New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia, managing a combined portfolio of tens of thousands of apartments. Running those businesses gave him direct exposure to the operational pressures strata managers face — and revealed the structural weaknesses that became the catalyst for founding the network.
He holds a Master of Philosophy (Built Environment) from UNSW, where his thesis examined how mixed-use strata developments create anti-commons risks that impede urban renewal, completed under an Australian Research Council scholarship. He has been accepted at the University of Oxford to undertake a Doctorate of Philosophy in Law. He has held research positions at the City Futures Research Centre (UNSW) and Deakin University, and presents regularly at international forums including Oxford, the House of Commons, and the International Research Forum on Multi-Owned Properties in Spain, Canada and Australia.
Michael writes The Strata Professional, a weekly newsletter on strata law, committee governance, and why true professionalism matters in this industry. You can learn more about him at michaelteys.com.
This combination of legal practice, business ownership, and research is the foundation of the franchise standard. Every element of how the network operates — from the no-commission pricing structure to the Balanced Strata Method™ — is grounded in something tested rather than assumed.
As the combustible cladding blame game escalates focus will turn to the role of strata managers in the supply chain.
The Grenfell Tower tragedy that began the search for truth about flammable cladding in the construction industry
Learn more about the origins of the cladding crisis and the shocking statistics of the 60 cladding fires we studied. To borrow from the Midnight Oil anthem for aboriginal land rights, ‘How do we sleep while our beds are burning?’
Located in Melbourne’s CBD, the 41-storey Neo 200 residential apartment complex was the site of a damaging combustible cladding fire that broke out on the 22nd floor balcony.
Unacceptable Solutions is a 7-part mini-series that explains the cladding crisis to owners and professionals and points the way forward to safer buildings and restoring property values written and presented by Michael Teys.
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