Two-lot strata in Newcastle
Strata administration for duplexes and two-lot schemes in Newcastle, NSW. $395 + GST a year for the scheme, no meetings, no insurance commissions, no money handled. Class 1 licensed strata manager based in Lake Macquarie.
Newcastle has one of the highest concentrations of duplexes in NSW — from post-war pairs in Hamilton and Mayfield to new builds in Wallsend, Adamstown and Merewether. Most are two-lot strata schemes, and most have never held a meeting or checked whether the insurance is in the right name.
What we do for Newcastle duplexes
- Keep the strata roll and records in a secure vault both owners can see
- Check the building insurance every year — right name, right sum insured, $20m liability
- Draft the written resolutions the law requires and chase the second signature
- Issue the Section 184 certificate within about 36 business hours when a home sells
- Send both owners an annual compliance statement
All for $395 + GST a year for the whole scheme. You keep paying the insurer and any trades directly; we never hold your money.
Local, not remote
Duplex Strata is run by Townhouse Strata, a Lake Macquarie firm managing small schemes across the Hunter and Central Coast. If something needs a set of eyes on site in Newcastle, that's a short drive, not a call centre. See how it works or read the guides.
- 1 October 2026: two-lot schemes stop lodging the annual Strata Hub report (NSW Fair Trading, "Changes to strata laws").
- Small strata scheme rules (no meetings, decisions by written resolution of both owners, new s 7A): in a Bill that has passed the Legislative Assembly and is before the Legislative Council. They start on a date to be proclaimed. Until then, where the law still requires a meeting we hold a short online one for you at no extra cost.
- Unchanged: the duty to insure the building for full replacement value in the owners corporation's name, to keep common property in repair, to keep a strata roll and records, and to provide a Section 184 certificate when a lot is sold.
No meetings, no commissions, no money handled. Both owners sign online.