I have a colleague with a frustrating situation. He has signed a contract on a house in Melbourne’s inner south-east. The property he purchased is an established house, with a strata title unit being constructed and separately sold in the back yard. He is not buying the rear house/unit.

There has been a delay in the construction of the…[Read more]

I have a colleague with a frustrating situation. He has signed a contract on a house in Melbourne’s inner south-east. The property he purchased is an established house, with a strata title unit being constructed and separately sold in the back yard. He is not buying the rear house/unit.

There has been a delay in the construction of the…[Read more]

In addition to obtaining legal advice about a copyright, it may be worth speaking to the council regarding the extent to which the development can be amended and then relodged as an “amendment” to the existing DA rather than as a whole new DA.

If you can find a balance between changing the design enough so as to not infringe copyright…[Read more]

There’s always the middle option… if you’re in no immediate rush to cash-out, organise planning and building approvals for the duplex, and sell as ready-to-build.

There is slightly less risk than funding the building process, but potential for increased profit.

kavan applegate
architect

It all makes sense now! [suave2]

Kavan

kavan applegate
architect