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Turning Circles and Accessways: Think Parking Part II

28 September 2010

Following on from last week’s article, we hope you’re now beginning to “Think Parking and not Bedrooms” as you approach your development.
Ensuring you have sufficient parking is an important first step.
But did you know that without easy access to and from that parking, your application may still fail Parking Provision requirements?

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Public Open Space: When developing two units may be better than three…

31 August 2010

Every now and again, we assess a potential development site as being equally suitable to be subdivided into 2 large dwellings or 3 small dwellings.
All things being equal, a three unit development should be more profitable than two.
Unfortunately, not all things are equal…

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Restrictive Covenant: Is your development over before it even begins?

24 August 2010

We love what we do – but there’s one task we don’t look forward to: informing a client that their very impressive large block cannot developed.
There are many factors that might add constraints to a development, but there’s one factor that stops a development dead in its tracks – before it even begins.
And unfortunately, this [...]

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How to get a Planning Permit: Don’t design for VCAT

4 May 2010

Conventional wisdom amongst property developers attempting to secure a Planning Permit in Victoria is: “Design for VCAT”.
We’d like to suggest some unconventional wisdom: “Don’t design for VCAT”.
Here’s why …

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Subdividing Land: Are you being served? Part III

20 April 2010

The past two articles have outlined easily overlooked areas when subdividing land:

Providing unencumbered services
Ensuring service extensions are not required

This week we’ll conclude our service connections theme with perhaps the third most overlooked aspect of servicing your new land allotment/s.

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Subdividing Land: Are you being served? Part II

13 April 2010

Our previous article looked at one of the most commonly overlooked aspects of any subdivision/development – the provision of unencumbered services to each subdivided land allotment.
This week we’ll continue the theme and look at what is possibly the second most overlooked aspect when it comes to servicing your land.

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Subdividing Land: Are you being served?

7 April 2010

Does obtaining a Planning Permit for multiple dwellings automatically allow you to subdivide?

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Melbourne House Prices: What the media aren’t telling you

30 March 2010

You may have heard that over the long term, property prices tend to double every 7-10 years.
This is based on the assumption that property, on average, grows by 10% per year.
As evidenced in the graph above, courtesy of RPData, this seems to be proving true in the Melbourne property market.
Or is it?

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Property Investment Strategies: Buy to Subdivide

23 March 2010

* Image courtesy of Kriss Szkurlatowski
Property Investing Trivia:
“You must own a property, in order to find out if it can be subdivided”.
True or False?

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Building Envelope: How three townhouses can become two

23 February 2010

So you’ve heard about the “300 m2 per lot” rule of thumb used by planners for potential developments.
You factored this in as you purchased your 900 m2 block of land.
You’re sure to get a Planning Permit for three townhouses, right?

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