Strata Title Subdivisions

Strata Title Plan

A Strata Title Scheme is prepared by a surveyor to designate areas or units for separate ownership within a building or group of buildings. Usually the building’s common property and parcel of land are jointly owned by all the separate title holders.

These schemes have been adopted over the years to cover townhouses, retirement villages, shopping centres and industrial complexes as well as home unit buildings. It is not necessary to have an overlapping strata as found in multi-storey buildings – a community scheme may be better suited. We can provide advice on the best plan to suit your circumstances.

Staged Strata Schemes

A Staged Strata Scheme is a method which developers use to construct parts of a strata scheme by building in an orderly manner. The legislation sets out the documents required to be lodged with the Strata Plan.

The Body Corporate

The Body Corporate consists of every unit owner and is registered as the proprietor of all common property. The elected committee of the Body Corporate holds monthly meetings and records minutes. It administers all obligations and responsibilities imposed by the Strata Titles Act including the setting of levies, insurance and maintenance etc.

Unit Entitlement

Each strata unit holder has a share in the Strata Scheme which usually reflects the value of each unit. This is called the Unit Entitlement and is fixed at the proportion shown on the strata Plan. It is used to calculate the levies and expenses paid by each unit owner.

Existing Unit Buildings

It may be feasible to convert an existing building of multiple units to a Strata Title Scheme. Existing flat buildings, commercial centres or factory complexes; which may be under varying forms of ownership – such as company title or one owner, may be converted to Strata Title if given council approval.

Strata Plan

The local council will require many conditions to be met such as adequate car parking, building compliance, adequate services, fire safety etc. Once these have been met a linen Strata Plan has to be lodged with the Land Titles Office from where the Strata Title will eventually be issued. Bannister & Hunter have the expertise to help you submit a Strata Title Plan.

Community Title Subdivisions

Community Title Developments are intended to provide a safe titling system for larger projects which include shared community facilities. These facilities could include a swimming pool, tennis courts, a community hall or even a community owned vineyard.

Community Title provides a safe title that financial institutions will loan against.

Bannister & Hunter has extensive experience with these types of developments.

Topographic Surveys

Before any planning or design work can be done, a base survey that shows the existing conditions is necessary. This is known as either a topographic survey or a contour and detail survey, or a digital terrain model (DTM).

Bannister & Hunter has many years experience preparing these plans to meet the needs of architects, builders, designers and planners. The scope of these surveys can range from part of a single lot (e.g. extensions to a house) up to several hectares. The size of the project influences the technology used in the field, and traditional measuring equipment or GPS technology may be employed.

At the completion of the survey the plan is finalised with our computer software package and forwarded to your designer in a format that suits them. This usually involves a printed version and an email of results in digital format.

Commercial Lease Surveys

Commercial Leases rely on a survey prepared in accordance with guidelines prepared by the Property Council of Australia.

Bannister and Hunter can prepare these plans to meet your requirements – such as the number of separate offices, shops or industrial units.