SMEInspect
For strata managers

A second quote your committee can trust.

Common-property electricity, cleaning, waste and phone lines come out of the levies, and nobody checks them between contracts. SMEInspect prices them on the building's own bills and meter readings, does the switching, and is paid only from the saving. No energy retailer pays us, and any commission another supplier pays us is shown in dollars before the committee approves.

Typically A$40 to A$180 for each unit, every year, off the levies. Typical range to expect, as an illustration only. The first review is free, and you see the result before anyone else.

Why managers use us

Your buildings buy together, with nothing to disclose and no extra work

Your buildings, buying together

With each committee's OK, your buildings' power, gas and phone go to suppliers together, so they price for the group. The ACCC's collective bargaining exemption allows this for owners corporations. Each building still gets its own offer and decides for itself.

Nothing to disclose

We pay you nothing, and no energy retailer pays us on any building's deal. The owners corporation pays us only from a saving it can see on its bill.

Private written offers from power companies

We price every power company's published plans on the building's own meter readings. A building with a year of readings can also get private written offers. No company sees another's price, or the building's name, until the committee chooses.

You stay in charge

The committee approves each change, one at a time. We do the comparison, the paperwork and the switch, and watch contract end dates so nothing rolls over unnoticed.

What we check

The costs on the levy that nobody watches

  • Common-property electricity: lifts, car-park lighting and fans, pumps, pools and EV chargers.
  • Gas for central hot water, where the owners corporation pays it.
  • Cleaning and waste, with 2 or 3 written quotes for the same job.
  • Phone and internet: lift phones, intercoms and building internet.

What it costs

The owners corporation pays 25% of the first year's saving, and only once the saving shows on its bill. No saving, no fee.

Buildings you introduce see the offers as soon as the committee accepts your introduction. They get their first review free (otherwise A$249), so you can see what we find before the committee spends anything. We pay you nothing, so there's nothing to declare at the AGM on our account.

Any owner can put a supplier review on the AGM agenda themselves, by writing to the secretary. Be the manager who brings it to them first. What owners and committees see
Questions

What strata managers ask us first

Is there a commission for us to disclose?

Not from us. We pay strata managers nothing, in any form, and no energy retailer pays us on any building's deal. The reason to use us is the saving itself, for the owners. In NSW, the Productivity and Equality Commission recommended in March 2026 that strata managers be banned from accepting commissions, so this is a good time to have nothing to declare.

The Commission's review

Who signs, and who approves?

Whoever the owners corporation authorises, often you under your agency agreement and within its spending limits. Every change is approved one at a time, and nothing is signed without that approval.

What about embedded networks?

We review the owners corporation's own accounts, such as the common-property electricity. Residents inside an embedded network buy from the network's operator, and we don't change that.

And the building's insurance?

We show the facts from the policy (premium, renewal date, what the broker charges). We don't advise on or arrange insurance. If the committee asks, we introduce a licensed insurance broker, who advises under their own licence; any fee they pay us is shown in dollars first.

Start with one building

Forward its last electricity bill and, if you have it, its meter data. We'll show you what we find before anyone else sees it.