Condominium Managers Support Self-Managed Properties as well Yamasaki Office provides comprehensive management and operation services

The Yamasaki Office (located in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture), represented by Kazunari Yamasaki, a condominium manager, announces that from May 2025 it will expand the scope of its management association management support services to include self-managed condominiums and begin providing comprehensive management association management support services regardless of size or age of the building. We are pleased to announce that we will begin providing comprehensive management association management support services for condominiums of any size or age.

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What is a condominium manager?

A condominium manager creates and reviews management rules, which are indispensable for the proper management and operation of condominiums, drafts schedules for large-scale repair work and makes various adjustments until the work is completed, provides advice on reducing management costs according to actual conditions, reviews consignment contracts with management companies, and supports the operation of board meetings and general meetings, We provide support services for condominium management from the standpoint of the management association.

Many problems faced by self-managed condominiums

Many condominiums that are not outsourced to a management company and are self-managed by residents are older and aging. In such self-managed condominiums, there are a number of problems, such as a lack of qualified board members for the management association, management rules that are out of date and not in line with current laws, insufficient funds for repairs despite the need for large-scale repairs, and neglect of problems due to a lack of knowledge necessary for condominium management. This expansion of the scope of support services is a result of the expansion of the scope of self-management services. This expansion of the scope of support services is intended to help resolve various problems in self-managed condominiums.

The trigger was the Toyonaka City Expert Dispatch System.

In response to Toyonaka City's expert dispatch system, the Toyonaka Branch of the Osaka Association of Condominium Managers provided support for the revision of the management rules of a 51-year-old condominium building. Subsequently, to address the challenges of self-management due to the aging of board members, we began providing support for overall management, including accounting work, board meetings, and general meeting operations.

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, there are approximately 1,369,000 condominiums built 40 years or older as of the end of 2023, and according to the 2023 Comprehensive Survey of Condominiums, 55.9% of condominiums built before 1984 have a head of household aged 70 or older. This includes self-managed condominiums, and regardless of size, the aging of the population and the shortage of board members are serious problems. Yamasaki Office has decided to expand the scope of its support for condominium management to include self-managed condominiums, in order to contribute to solving the problems faced by these self-managed condominiums.

The following is a brief description of our management association management support services.

Support for management association board of directors meetings and general meetings

Providing consultation from the board of directors as needed.

Checking the execution of outsourced operations by the management company

Review and revision of board meeting materials and draft minutes

Attendance at board of directors meetings, general meetings, etc. and advice, etc.

Appointment of external auditors

Audit the management association's accounting, inspections, work, and other operations.

Preparation of audit reports

Attendance at board of directors meetings, general meetings, etc. and advice, etc.

Support for reducing management costs and changing management companies (including reviewing management consignment contracts)

Confirmation of the contents of the current management consignment contract

Diagnosis of the appropriateness of the contents and the appropriateness of the amount for each item of outsourced work.

Point out problem areas and propose improvement measures.

◇Support for public solicitation and selection of a new management company, up to the conclusion of a contract.

Support for preparation and review of management rules and bylaws

Preparation of a draft of revised or new bylaws based on a comparison of old and new bylaws

Preparation of various bylaw drafts

Support for explanations at residents' meetings

Support for promotion of large-scale repair work

◇Planning of overall schedule

Support for selection of design firms and construction companies

Operation of the large-scale repair committee and coordination with the board of directors

Representative Kazunari Yamasaki

Representative Profile

Kazunari Yamasaki has over 25 years of experience in the condominium industry.

He was engaged in condominium development and brokerage from his 20s to late 30s, and experienced the Lehman Shock when he was 39 years old.

After this turning point, he aimed for a job where he could utilize his knowledge and experience without being influenced by the economy or performance.

At the age of 40, he switched to the condominium management industry and worked for a semi-major management company, but faced the reality that it was difficult to provide support from the perspective of the management association.

Later, she came across a blog by a condominium manager who provided support from the perspective of the management association, and was impressed by the idea of "making the residents of the management association as happy as possible! He learned consulting techniques such as optimizing management to lower outsourcing costs without lowering quality and reducing the cost of large-scale repair work. He has gained practical experience in managing board of directors' meetings for both single and mixed-use condominiums.

Currently, with the motto "Make people happy through condominium management support! is her motto, and she is currently working as a condominium manager.

Office Profile

Office name: Yamasaki Office

Address: Hilton Plaza West Office Tower, 19th Floor, 2-2-2 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

Representative: Kazunari Yamasaki

Business : General management support for condominium management associations

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