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  • Profile photo of MauriceSMauriceS
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    September 30, 2011 - 10:02 pm

    Hi All,

    An opportunity has come up where a vendor is selling their property on 100% vendor finance with a planning permit attached to build a townhouse in the backyard. The property is located in a bayside suburb of Melbourne.

    As my business partner and l have a construction company that specialise in dual occ and multi unit developments this project has our required IRR and plenty of profit in it once done. Feasibility already complete.

    But what we are wanting to do is purchase the property on vendor finance and then obtain some construction finance to build the townhouse and then sell both the new townhouse and front house once construction is complete.

    We would normally just buy the property and then obtain construction finance and build but we see this opportunity as not requiring as much capital as we would not need to spend nearly 600k for the initial purchase.

    Can anyone please offer some advise as to if this is possible and if so how it would be potentially structured?

    Regards

    Maurice

    Profile photo of Paul DobsonPaul Dobson
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    September 30, 2011 - 11:54 pm

    Hi Maurice

    You can buy the property with a vendor finance Instalment Contract (IC) but in this case it may be better to control the property with a Lease/Option (L/O).

    However the challenge with either the IC or the L/O is the security required for the construction finance, i.e. you aren't on Title and therefore can't supply this property as security.  One way to overcome this may be some sort of JV with the title holder, allowing the security to be provided to the lender.

    I would also suggest you contact the excellent finance brokers in the Finance sub forum here.  If you consider the JV idea, I'd suggest you have a talk with Lewis O'Brien at:

    Lewis O’Brien & Associates
    Suite 113 
    89 High Street 
    Kew   Victoria   3101

    phone: 03 9888 6388
    fax: 03 9888 6366

    Lewis is very familiar with the structuring of JV's. 

    Cheers,  Paul

    Paul Dobson | Vendor Finance Institute
    http://www.vendorfinanceinstitute.com.au
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    An alternative way to finance your home.

    Profile photo of MauriceSMauriceS
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    October 1, 2011 - 1:19 am

    Hi Paul

    Thanks for your reponse.

    I've meet with Lewis previously so l will get in contact with him regarding this situation.

    Regards

    Maurice

    Profile photo of TerrywTerryw
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    October 1, 2011 - 4:24 am

    Yes, it will be impossible to borrow (you) against this property unless you have the title transferred over.

    Terryw | Structuring Lawyers Pty Ltd / Loan Structuring Pty Ltd
    http://www.Structuring.com.au
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    Lawyer, Mortgage Broker and Tax Advisor (Sydney based but advising Aust wide) http://www.Structuring.com.au

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