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True, they have a couple of buildings resembling apartment blocks nearing completion right on top of the ring road in the uni. Looks like plenty of rooms will be available to students in the near very future.

We used Jones Homes to build 3 villas for us and we were extremely happy with the quality of the build and there service. They have an office in High Street Maitland. Hope that helps.

Hi Ace, Mind PM'ing the addresses? Would be interested in having a look. Ken

Hi Ace, We're also looking to switch our attention to Brisbane. Everything we look at in Sydney or on the Coast is selling for more than seems feasible. So either it's builders buying all the sites for themselves or developers overpaying. We have a tender in for a site due on the 9th so...

Hi All, Just wanted to hear from anyone developing interstate. Basically how are you managing the project from afar and what difficulties have you faced by not being near the development? Look forward to hearing :) Ken

Congratulations on a job well done. All the hard work has paid off. Good luck with the sales. Ken

Formula 1 Driver or F18 Pilot. Don't know which gives the biggest buzz but I'm pretty confident I know where the best $$$ are :D

Full time contract driver for DHL and part time developer. Hoping to switch the two around in the coming years.

Agreed. It would be interesting to see the results over a longer period. Interestingly Property Observer has the an article for units today with similar results. Some suburbs show a fair difference between houses and units. Ken

Hey Oscar, thanks for your reply. That's a very good strategy and would certainly eliminate a lot of the headaches of having to continually deal with the banks. Only issue for someone "starting out" is being able to have a LOC big enough to cover construction costs. Ken

Neil Jenman has a handy booklet called "The Craft of Negotiation" available for free by contacting them through the website http://www.jenman.com.au/news_article.php?id=13 . It's basic but useful in understanding the principles of negotiation. Ken

Hey Oscar, be interested if you could expand on this and give an example. Do you mean using your LOC to fund the required deposit for the construction loan? Be interested to know as we are looking to move away from resi funding for our next development as there were just to many hurdles to...

Interesting article from property observer regarding API's Hot 100 from 2012 :eek...

I feel your pain MMM. We are in a similar position with finance atm. Having just completed our first 3 unit development in the hunter valley we were having to jump through hoops, do double back flips with a twist on the way through just to get the finance and then refinance on completion to...