About Vantage Property Collective
The building, the building,
the building…
Vantage Property Collective exists because modern buildings demand more than remote administration and checkbox compliance — they require people who understand the physical systems, the timelines, the trades and the lived experiences of the built environment..
The strata management industry emphasises paperwork. We emphasise the physical needs of the buildings and its infrastructure, from which everything else flows.
Our Purpose
To shift strata management from passive administration to proactive stewardship; to help committees, owners and residents to unlock the potential of their communities and redefine expectations of what you can expect from a strata manager.
"Buildings don’t care about emails. They care about pumps, doors, people and deadlines. Your strata management team should know the basement plant, the rooftop assets, the access points and the service history — they should understand the asset and always have a plan for its management."
Chris Miller — Founder, Vantage Property Collective
Our people — leading the change
Chris Miller — Co-Founder
An award-winning authority in strata and property management, Chris brings a unique blend of leadership and operational innovation to the strata management industry.
After a successful career in the commercial property sector, in 2015 Chris founded Vantage Strata Canberra and led the business as CEO for a decade, before successfully transitioning the leadership of the business to the executive team in 2024.
Under his stewardship, Vantage Strata was recognised as one of the fastest growing and most innovative strata management businesses in Australia, a status that business still enjoys to this day.
While Chris remains a director and key shareholder of Vantage Strata Canberra, his circumstances led him to make a new life in Melbourne.
Chris has learned a great deal from his success and failures growing a market leading strata management business, and he is determined to direct that knowledge and experience to Vantage Property Collective Melbourne (VPC).
Despite his past success scaling up a very large strata businesses, Chris’ plans for VPC involve a much smaller scale premium service offering, where he will have the opportunity to be intimately involved with each complex, and build relationships with each customer and committee member.
Accolades:
Strata Community Australasia Awards (National)
Medium Strata Business Of The Year Award | 2020 - Vantage Strata (while Chris Miller was CEO)
Strata Community Australia (ACT) Awards
Large Strata Business Of The Year Award 2021 | '22 |'23 | '24 & '25 - Vantage Strata (with Chris Miller as CEO)
ACT Presidents Award For Significant Contributions To The Industry | 2013 - Chris Miller
Property Council Of Australia (ACT) Awards
Industry Impact Award | 2023 - Chris Miller
Future Leader Of The Year Award | 2014 - Chris Miller
Candice Miller — Co-Founder
Candice Miller brings over 20 years of experience in finance and asset finance, working across complex lending structures, large-scale client portfolios and strategic commercial partnerships.
Earlier in her career, Candice worked within Apple Financial Services, supporting technology-driven business growth through finance-led commercial initiatives and acquisitions.
Candice is also the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Taylr, a technology platform designed to improve how strata buildings operate and how residents interact with services within their communities.
Together with the Taylr founding team and shareholders, Candice has helped develop systems that address many of the operational challenges facing modern apartment buildings - from parcel management and service coordination to improved resident communications.
At Vantage Property Collective, Candice leads the integration of technology, systems and operational processes that support VPC’s tech-enabled, building-first approach to strata management — combining the operational experience of strata management with the systems and infrastructure developed through Taylr.
