What's the difference between strata title and community title?
Strata title is for vertical schemes (apartments, units) where lots stack above and below each other. Community title is for horizontal subdivisions (estates, gated communities) where lots sit side by side and share private roads or facilities.
Both work the same way — there's a common property, a managing entity, levies and meetings — but community title schemes often have larger common assets (private roads, pools, clubhouses) and bigger sinking funds. Some developments are layered: a community scheme on top, with multiple strata schemes underneath.
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