Base fees run $180 to $360 a unit a year, with minimum fees of $2,400 to $3,600 for a small building. Disbursements, commissions and extra meetings add about 20% to 50% on top. Run on Quarter is $15 a unit a month for the first 50 units, $11 for the next 50 and $8 after that, with the first 30 days free.
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 body corporate manager quotes. | Quarter Base fee $15 a unit a month, less as you grow. |
| Insurance commission Inside the premium. At best, a line in the disclosures at the AGM. | Traditional Extra A share of the premium, where the manager takes one. | Quarter None No commission, on anything. |
| Disbursements Printing, postage, photocopying and "administration". | Traditional Extra Often billed on top of the 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 Recovered from the building, or inside the fee. | Quarter Included Replaced outright. Every owner gets a login, in the price. |
| Extra meetings The fee schedule. | Traditional Extra Often billed per meeting. | Quarter Included Hosted and minuted inside the plan, however many you hold. |
| Disclosure statements on a sale Charged to the selling owner, so the committee never sees it. | Traditional Extra Often charged for each pre-contract disclosure. | Quarter Included Pre-contract and pre-settlement disclosures produced from Quarter's records. Nothing per disclosure. |
| Arrears notices Recovered from the owner who is behind. | Traditional Extra Often billed per letter. | Quarter Included Levy reminders go out automatically, as part of Finance. |
| Insurance claims The fee schedule. | Traditional Extra Often billed per claim or by the hour. | Quarter Included Tracked on the compliance dashboard, nothing per claim. |
| Professional time The fee schedule. | Traditional Extra Special projects, billed separately. | Quarter Quoted up front Not something software replaces. When you need a person, we quote it up front. |
A year of running the building, three ways, at three sizes.
| A year | 6 units | 25 units | 75 units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body corporate manager, base fee | $2,400 to $3,600 | $4,500 to $9,000 | $13,500 to $26,250 |
| Body corporate manager, all in | $2,880 to $5,400 | $5,400 to $13,500 | $16,200 to $39,380 |
| Run on Quarter | $1,080 $90 a month | $4,500 $375 a month | $12,300 $1,025 a month |
"All in" adds the disbursements, commissions and extra-meeting charges that usually come on top of the base fee, 20% to 50% of it. 2026 market ranges. Run on Quarter is $15 a unit a month for the first 50 units and less after that, with the first 30 days free.
How many units. If you know the management fee on your budget, put it in and we'll use yours, then add what a normal year puts on top of it.
25 units, New Zealand
Run on Quarter
$4,500 a year ($375 a month)
25 units at $15 a month. No commission, no disbursements, nothing per meeting.
You keep $900 to $9,000 a year.
That is 16 to 66% less than paying a body corporate manager, every year the building runs on Quarter.
The management fee is the range published for New Zealand in 2026, with the minimum a body corporate manager charges a small scheme and the lower rate they quote a big one. Extras are 20 to 50% of the fee in a normal year, from Australian managers' own guides: no New Zealand source puts a number on them. A bad year costs more.
Base fees run $180 to $360 a unit a year, with minimum fees of $2,400 to $3,600 for a small building. Disbursements, commissions and extra meetings add about 20% to 50% on top. Run on Quarter is $15 a unit a month for the first 50 units, $11 for the next 50 and $8 after that, with the first 30 days free.
Commission on the insurance premium where the manager takes one, disbursements for printing and postage, software recovered from the building, extra meetings and disclosure statements on a sale. No New Zealand source puts a number on them; in Australia they add 20% to 50% to the base fee.
No. The Unit Titles Act 2010 lets a body corporate run itself at any size. Body corporate managers are not licensed, and since 2024 one you keep must have a written contract and disclose conflicts of interest.
Review your management fees
The calculator is an estimate. The review is the real figure: every dollar your body corporate manager was paid last year, beside what Quarter would cost the same building, and the service you got for it.
1.
Press “Review our budget” on its page. Quarter already knows its size and its state, so the estimate is there before you type anything.
2.
Once you've joined: the last statements or budget, the management agreement and the insurance renewal invoice. Quarter reads them and adds up the fee, the extra work, the disbursements and any commission on the insurance.
3.
A poll with the real figures on it, to send round. It binds nobody. When the numbers make the case, the motion to switch to Quarter comes next, and Quarter drafts that too.