The only plan
Duplex Strata — $395 + GST a year for the scheme ($434.50 inc GST, about $217 per home). No lock-in: paid one year at a time by card, and you can leave at any anniversary with 30 days' notice and no exit fee. The agreement covers up to 3 years so you're not re-signing every year, and it never renews itself.
Included:
- Annual insurance check — right name, right sum insured, $20m liability, renewal reminders at 60 and 14 days
- Written-resolution templates, approved online by both owners, with the second signature chased for you
- One-page annual budget resolution so the scheme stays compliant (ss 79, 81, 83(2))
- Secure records vault and strata roll, searchable by both owners (ss 177–180, 182–183)
- Annual compliance statement to both owners
- Section 184 certificate when either home sells — ordered online, regulated fee paid by the requester
- A Class 1 licensed strata manager standing behind it
- No trust account — you pay the insurer and trades directly
Only when you need it
| What | What happens | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Section 184 certificate | Ordered and paid online by the conveyancer; issued within about 36 business hours (14 days is the legal limit) | Regulated fee — currently $109 + GST; $94 + GST for a repeat request within 3 months |
| By-law registration | Our administration, per by-law (solicitor's drafting and Land Registry registration fees extra) | $95 + GST per by-law |
| Can't agree? | A plain-English guide to your options — Fair Trading's free mediation, NCAT, and when to see a solicitor. We don't take sides or act in disputes | Included |
| Meeting templates | If the law still requires a meeting before the new rules start: notice, agenda and minutes templates you use yourselves | Included |
| Title or plan search | Only where neither owner holds the document, and only with your OK | At cost, usually $20–40 |
The Section 184 fee is fixed by the Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016 (Schedule 4) and adjusted each 1 July. All other prices are ex GST unless stated.
Need more than that?
If you'd rather a manager held the scheme's money, issued levies and paid the bills, that's full strata management — and it's what Townhouse Strata does, priced for a 2-lot scheme, not a tower. Same licensed manager, same records vault.
Where the law is at (03-10-2026)
- From 1 October 2026 (now in force): 2-lot schemes no longer lodge 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 give you a simple template pack so you can hold it yourselves in a few minutes.
- 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.