Anchor points in a strata townhouse: Is installation the owner’s or strata’s responsibility?

Maintenance & Common Property

This article discusses strata anchor point installation responsibility and how scheme boundaries decide who pays for installation.

In my townhouse complex, my unit is the only one without an anchor point. Is it my cost to install anchor points?

I own a townhouse in a coastal suburb south of Perth. The complex is a row of townhouses with common walls. Every other lot in the complex has an anchor point on its exterior wall to access the air conditioner unit for maintenance. The air conditioner is my property.

My lot does not have an anchor point for some reason. The strata company insists this is my cost. Should anchor points have been installed when the complex was built?

The boundaries of the strata scheme will have a great bearing on who should be responsible.

It is difficult to answer this question without viewing a copy of the strata plan. The boundaries of the strata scheme will have a great bearing on who should be responsible.

If the boundaries are to the external surface of the building (section 3AB), then the owner would be responsible.

If the boundaries are the inner surfaces of the floor, walls and ceiling (section 3(2)(a)), then the strata company would be responsible.

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Published: 1 Apr 2026

Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026

This post appears in The WA Strata Magazine July 2023

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Answer by

Shane White

Strata Title Consult PTY LTD

Previous experience has been gained whilst I was employed at Landgate for 35 years formerly the old Titles Office. During that period, I was primarily involved with the examination of registration documents, appointed as an Assistant Registrar of Titles, took a keen interest in the Strata Titles Act.

I was involved in various committees when the last changes to the Strata Titles Act were enacted in 1995 and 1996.

After leaving Landgate in 2013 I started working for myself as a Strata Consultant at Strata Title Consult Pty Ltd, providing services relating to the interpretation of strata plans and by-laws, re-subdivisions, mergers and conversions, attending strata meetings and provided assistance in other strata matters.

Recently events have seen me complete an appointment as an Administrator of a strata scheme which started out as a 12 month appointment and was extended for an additional six months. Shane's LinkedIn Profile. Shane is a regular contributor to LookUpStrata.