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Quick Update Preliminary DA assessment has been done by Town of Cambridge in 26 days, hope the rest of the assesment period is just as prompt (famous last words) 14 points to address but nothing hugely concerning. 6 will be altered on the plans to comply, 6 we will try to justify and 2 my...

Thanks Garemsay, always happy to hear opinions on this subject, it seems such a black art to get information on the pros and cons of each type of construction.

Good point Westminster, builder pointed out a few things. Saved about $1200 on changing 5-6 window sizes slightly. Best result was saving $1400 per apartment ($4200k total) by reducing the stone benchtops lengths 400mm, thereby only needing 2 instead of 3 slabs of stone per apartment (or ot may...

Overall Tano, the more details you can give a builder up front in the tender, the more accurate their responses back will be and the more comparable they will be between builders. In my case we are yet to have structural drawings done, so the builder has only allowed a costing on what they...

To be honest I have only being doing cusory online checks of what has come up and what has sold, I havent done any 'on the ground' enquiries with agents or the like since committing.

Progress update Thanks all for the input/opinions to date. Update time, apologies for the wall of text. Builder chosen. Just before Xmas we committed to a builder for our project. It came down to a two horse race with builder 1 constructing in double brick lower and masterwall/framed...

Sorry Marisa but didn't ask specifically about resale, was only asking about any potential negative affect on how valuations are assessed by most banks.

If I was selling then yes I would agree, but my intention is to hold long term. For me the question was more - would potential tenants care if not double brick? Through some brief conversations with valuers it seems to be a neglible difference whether upper floors are constructed from...

Obviously every set of plans/projects will be different, but I saw a roughly 5% saving in quotes of Masterwall over double brick across the upstairs of my 3 apartments (ie $30-$40k total).

Hi all After absorbing so much information from this site, I thought I would contribute something back to the SS community and start yet another WA development thread. Hopefully it provides some info/inspiration to those considering doing something similar, plus I am under no illusion that I...