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Hopefully sooner rather than later. These changes make so much sense for better designs, even more so for narrow and small lots.

Very interesting! Thanks for the heads up Aaron. Would councils have known about this for a while? Just got a R60 townhouse DA approved, not sure if it'll be worthwhile to resubmit after how long it took! Had a quick look at the examples in the pdf files linked. They seem more for individual...

Council discretion to allow non-conforming use in certain areas. There are usually conditions to have be met still. Eg. carparks per lettable space, staff, practitioner etc.

Thanks for that extra info. Agree on opportunity anywhere, just have to pick a strategy or area to look at to narrow your focus.

Interesting way to max the yield. Obviously lose out on the ability to max out revals with proper separate titles though. Some thoughts: If DA is a 4x2, can we get separate meters etc? Would council make a fuss if its clearly for dual occupancy as there are 2 kitchens etc? (in cases where...

Also, if it's not an OTP (new) property, you may have to look at the Foreign Investment Board sides of things. If your brother isn't an Australian citizen, he may need to apply for permission from the FIRB.

I believe any sort of name change or ownership percentages wil trigger stamp duty. You could buy under personal names with the partition agreement but you would need the subdivision plan at that time listing who gets what. That might mean no room for changes on the subdivision sizes etc. Gst...