August 2026 If you have been thinking about taking your first step into property development, you could be forgiven for wondering whether now is the right time. After several years in which rising property values provided a powerful tailwind for … Read More
Navigating the Silent Project Killers: When a property investor looks at a potential development site, they see the surface: the boundary lines, the slope of the land, the street frontage, and visualise what they may be able to build or … Read More
Beyond The Headlines – The 2026 Budget Playbook for Smart Property Investors Most of the headlines and media coverage since the Federal Government released the 2026 Budget have been focusing on the negative aspects – on what’s been taken … Read More
Firstly, to answer that we need to understand two things: The type of project you have An understanding of what a Construction Manager does, their role, as opposed to, let’s say, a Builder or a Project Manager. All three are … Read More
Why ‘Cheap Site Surveys’ – (That’s “Site Plans”) – Blow Out Project Costs In recent years, an increasingly worrying trend has been emerging in the property development space: Some people—often Building Designers, first‑time developers, or enthusiastic investors—are sourcing cheap, supposedly … Read More
For many aspiring property developers, especially professionals and SMSF investors, smaller property development looks like the logical next step beyond heavily marketed, “cookie-cutter” investment products such as project homes or NDIS housing. On the surface, it promises greater control, … Read More
Why Using an Independent Project Manager Makes [Dollars &] Sense When Building The Devil Is in the Details (Especially the Missing Ones) How many times have you heard this – “The Devil’s in the details” ? Though in construction, it’s … Read More
We’re Back As we kick off 2026, the Brisbane market is showing no signs of slowing down. With the “Olympic Effect” now in full swing, infrastructure upgrades like the Brisbane Metro and Cross River Rail are making inner-ring suburbs more … Read More
Plan Sealing is one of the most critical, yet often misunderstood, stages of the property development process, for projects like land subdivision (reconfiguring a lot or ROL) and creating home unit and townhouse schemes (Building Format Plans). It is the … Read More
What’s The Difference? Don’t be fooled or seduced into thinking that there is no difference between Project Administrators or Project Coordinators & Project Managers because there is and it’s substantial. The distinction between having your property project “Managed” versus “Coordinated” … Read More