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March 21, 2017 - 8:17 am

Thanks RoadRunner. Have been ringing around experts for an estimate for a feasibility before committing to purchase. Uphill “battle”. Decided I wanted to chase up the information myself to better understand the process. Many experts do not encourage my choice I have to say. Have found an expert who doesn’t talk down to me so will be paying him to do a feasibility.

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March 21, 2017 - 8:10 am

BAL = Bushfire Attack Level, rather than aalert level. I would also talk to council town planners for the particular area after you have done some of the above research.

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March 9, 2017 - 9:38 am

You need to check the zoning of the blocks you are considering. In some mining areas there are overlays that may mean you have to do a clean up because of contamination. The least you would have to do is commission a report about potential contamination and clean up. I have heard recently if your block is in a bushfire prone area you will need to commission a risk assessment report – a “BAL” report (Bushfire Alert Level?). The BAL report will effect what, how, where you build on a block, possibly if you can even build at all. At the extreme could add $60k to an individual build (based on discussions with a real estate agent I respect) hence effect property values.