Strata Window Replacement: A Committee's Practical Guide
Replacing windows across a strata building brings challenges a single home never faces: committee approval, budgets shared across owners, occupied units, and by-laws that require a consistent look. Handled well, a whole-building project is also more economical per window than owners replacing piecemeal.
Start with a proper scope
The first step is an on-site walk to understand the building, access constraints and the condition of the existing windows. From that we prepare a written, itemised proposal formatted for committee papers, so the numbers and the specification can go straight into your AGM documents.
Approval and staging
Once owners approve, the work is staged floor-by-floor or block-by-block around residents, with clear notice before each stage. Coordinating every unit into one project usually reduces the per-window cost compared with owner-by-owner replacement, and it keeps the whole building on the same product and finish.
What a committee should expect
- AGM-ready proposals with clear pricing and staging options
- Volume pricing across the scheme
- Compliance certificates and warranty documentation for the strata roll
- A single project manager as the point of contact, not multiple trades
- Identical frames, colours and sightlines so the building stays uniform
For older and heritage buildings we match existing proportions and provide the documentation councils and heritage bodies require. The aim is a project the committee can approve with confidence and residents barely notice while it happens.