Packages
$850 incl GST. Five business days. Prepared for the owners corporation, written for the meeting.
There are no levels to choose between and no cheaper version that leaves something out. Every application gets the same assessment: what the works are, who can approve them, what they do to the building, what they trigger, risk-rated findings with recommended conditions, and resolution wording the committee can minute. A modest bathroom can carry more risk to a building than a large but straightforward alteration — so the work is not scaled to the size of the renovation, and neither is the fee.
| Class 2 Renovation Assessment $850 incl. GST 5 business days | |
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| The paperwork question | |
| Classification against the statutory categories — cosmetic, minor renovation, or special resolution | |
| Completeness check against the scheme's own requirements | |
| Approval pathway — consent or CDC, construction certificate, DBP Act obligations, heritage, works by-law | |
| Written recommendation and next steps for the committee | |
| Wording for a referral, an information request, or a refusal for incompleteness — ready to minute | |
| Wording for approval subject to specific recommended conditions | |
| What the works do to the building — and what they trigger | |
| Slab penetrations — whether common property is affected, and what certification the owners corporation should require | |
| Wet areas relocated over habitable rooms below — identified from the drawings, with the consequence if it fails | |
| Whether an acoustic report is required, and against which standard — NCC, consent authority, or the scheme’s by-laws | |
| Whether the works engage structure, and whether a structural engineer’s assessment is required | |
| Whether services or riser capacity are affected, and what specialist input that calls for | |
| Whether fire separation or egress may be affected, and whether specialist assessment is required | |
| Risk-rated findings with recommended conditions | |
| Annotated markups of the applicant's own drawings | |
Attendance on site — where the drawings cannot be trusted, which is common in buildings of the 1960s and 70s, the lot and the apartment below are attended, and common property, risers, access and egress are observed and photographed.
Coordinated engineering and legal input — where an application is disputed between owners, involves structural change, or will set the standard for every similar application in the building. The solicitor is engaged directly by the owners corporation; we coordinate and integrate that input.
Both are quoted before anything begins. Neither is required for an ordinary application.
What we bring is twenty years of construction and design experience in Class 2 buildings, applied to reading a proposal and identifying what it will do to the building and what it triggers — including whether a certifier needs to be appointed at all, which is frequently the question nobody has asked.
We do not certify structural adequacy, acoustic performance, waterproofing, fire safety or services capacity. Those are determined by the relevant registered specialist. Our reports say when one is required, what question they should be asked, and what the owners corporation should have in hand before approving.
$850 incl GST, five business days from a complete submission. There is no cheaper tier for a small bathroom and no premium tier for a large alteration, because the question the committee has to answer is the same either way — and the small job is often the one that damages the building.
The contribution is borne by the applicant as a condition of having the application considered — the same route by which a scheme already recovers by-law drafting and registration costs. Payable on submission, and not refundable and not dependent on the outcome.
The applicant pays, but the report is prepared for the owners corporation and for it alone. The applicant may not rely on it. Nothing in it approves anything — only the owners corporation can do that, and it is not bound by any recommendation we make.
Page one is the committee summary — the verdict band, the findings strip and four numbered next actions. Behind it sit three ready-to-adopt resolutions: refer to a general meeting, approve subject to conditions, or refuse with reasons. Drafting assistance for the committee to minute, settled by the scheme’s solicitor.
Five business days, because a scheme has three months from a complete application to give written reasons, and silence past that is not neutral. The report records the date the complete application was received and computes the date the decision is due.
Attendance on site, and coordinated engineering or legal input, are quoted separately and only where the application genuinely calls for them. You are told what is involved and what it costs, for agreement, before any of it begins.
Spicer Architecture — Nominated Architect Jonathan Spicer. Registered Architect: NSW 8851 · ACT 2959 · Victoria VIC00291.
Registered Design Practitioner (Architectural) and Registered Principal Design Practitioner under the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW).
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Information on this page about the strata legislative framework is general information only and is not legal advice. Jonathan Spicer is trained in expert witness practice in construction and architecture, and provides assessments, recommendations and reporting within that field. He is also a Juris Doctor candidate, with completion expected in 2027, and is not an Australian legal practitioner. Spicer Architecture does not provide legal services — where a matter requires them, we identify it and refer it on. Questions about a particular scheme, by-law or application should be directed to a qualified legal practitioner.