In New Zealand? Visit quarter.nz for body corporates.
Our pricing
$15/home/month
$11 a home from the 51st, $8 from the 101st.
GST inclusive.
The freedom of self-management, with the support of a manager.
Quarter builds the agenda, schedules the AGM, counts votes, takes minutes and records decisions.
Quarter turns your shower thought into an official resolution that your neighbours can vote on.
Quarter issues levy invoices to owners, then chases them up. You can pay levies using direct credit, PayID or Credit Card.
Bills get sent to Quarter, where they’re checked against the budget. Once two committee members approve, they get paid automatically.
Quarter builds a proposed budget for each year based on the previous year and what’s coming up.
Quarter tracks what needs to be done and how to get it done alongside live sinking fund projections to help avoid special levies.
We keep track of changing legislation and let you know when something needs to be done, or if we can, we’ll just do it for you.
Ask Quarter anything about your building, get an instant answer based on the strata laws in their state. Ask in app, by email or on WhatsApp.
We operate trust bank accounts with one of the major banks.
We work with CIX who take a tailored approach to get the best quotes for your building. Or BYO broker, we don’t take commission either way.
We can file your annual tax return and BAS through our partner tax agency (additional charges apply), or if you have an accountant already, they’re gonna love the financial reports in Quarter.
We prefer email but where needed we post out notices to owners. Our office can also be your address for service for receiving mail.
Our team have a decade of experience managing shared buildings. When you need help with something, we’re here. You’ll also benefit from being part of the Quarter community, where we share knowledge of how costs are tracking, and which suppliers have been good to work with.
Michael Dowse
Co-founder, NZ
Matt Cowley
Co-founder, Australia
We don't believe in extra charges and kickbacks. Our price includes everything you need.
| The line | Traditional manager | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Management fee | Traditional Base fee What the strata manager quotes. | Quarter Base fee $15 a lot a month, less as you grow. |
| Insurance commission Inside the premium. At best, a line in the disclosures at the AGM. | Traditional Extra About 20% of the base premium. Victoria's average is $91 a lot a year. | Quarter None No commission, on anything. |
| Disbursements Printing, postage, photocopying and "administration". | Traditional Extra Victoria averages $56 a lot a year. In Queensland they add 60 to 80% to the base fee. | Quarter Included Notices, agendas and minutes go out by email, and by post to any owner who prefers it, at no extra charge. |
| Software and portal fees "Management software", "owner portal", "technology fee". | Traditional Extra $2 to $8 a lot a month, recovered from the building. | Quarter Included Replaced outright. Every owner gets a login, in the price. |
| Extra meetings The fee schedule. Schedule B, in New South Wales. | Traditional Extra $150 to $400 a meeting, and 25 to 100% more after hours. | Quarter Included Hosted and minuted inside the plan, however many you hold. |
| Certificates on a sale Charged to the selling owner, so the committee never sees it. | Traditional Extra About $120 in New South Wales, $150 to $200 in Victoria, $86.95 in Queensland. | Quarter Included in four states Victoria's and Western Australia's certificates are produced from Quarter's records, and New South Wales's and Queensland's information is assembled for their approved forms. Other states not yet. |
| Arrears notices Recovered from the owner who is behind. | Traditional Extra $60 to $120 a notice. | Quarter Included Levy reminders go out automatically, as part of Finance. |
| Insurance claims The fee schedule. | Traditional Extra $100 to $250 a claim. | Quarter Included Tracked on the compliance dashboard, nothing per claim. |
| Professional time The fee schedule. | Traditional Extra $180 to $350 an hour. | Quarter Quoted up front Not something software replaces. When you need a person, we quote it up front. |
Sources, all 2026: the Macquarie Strata Industry Benchmarking Report as quoted by Inner OC, Compare Strata Managers, StrataClear, Tracsafe, two management firms' own fee guides, and the Queensland and New South Wales governments. Typical figures, not quotes. Your own agreement and your last year's accounts are the real numbers.
Share your current management contract and we'll review it, to show you what your savings could be.
No. Quarter works for Owners Corporations of any size, from a 3-lot townhouse to a 600-lot tower. The price per lot falls as the building grows: $15 per lot per month for the first 50 lots, $11 for the next 50, and $8 for every lot after that.
Everything a strata manager does. Governance: meetings, minutes, compliance and insurance. Finance: budgets, levies, trust accounting and the capital works fund. Every owner gets a login, and the first 30 days are free.
Yes, while you give notice. Send us the management agreement and Quarter will tell you what ending it takes: the notice, the dates and the clauses they come from. The first 30 days are free.
From published 2026 figures: manager fee guides, comparison sites and the Macquarie 2026 Strata Industry Benchmarking Report as quoted by others. They are ranges, not quotes, and every estimate on this page shows the cheap end as well as the dear one. Your own budget is the real number, so put yours into the calculator.
No. Month to month. Cancel any time and your records hand over at no charge, which is not true of every contract you'll compare this against.
Set your building up and invite your neighbours in minutes. The first 30 days are free.