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Cos this is Perth and perth people are allergic (think anaphylactic shock!) to anything that is not brick. It's a rather stupid system but we are used to it, ie heights for something are odd numbers like 2657 which is 30 courses of 76mm high bricks plus 10mm mortar for each course except the top...

28 is standard and minimum. In villas I increase that to 31 for living areas. For apartments it would be good to do 30-32 to help them look bigger.

I have 3 trains of thoughts on this: Prices go down: builders who are doing this are now getting better at estimating their prices and don't have to factor in so much risk money. They have known prices/schedules/risks to work to. Previously I'm sure there would have been a lot of educated...

I think they will happen, certainly the C of J plans are better than some of the more blanket rezoning. I like how they have varied the intensity of the zonings, higher around local activity centres/shops and lower in other spot. Makes for a much more interested suburb than a blanket R40 like...

Also take into account how you will fund such a development: a. residential construction loan b. commercial construction loan c. deposits/LVR required for both d. holding costs e. serviceability and z. staging a development, ie one half then the other to reduce costs

Sorry but you need to run all the permutations to decide which has the best return. Craigie a. retain house and build behind b. triplex of villas c. triplex of townhouses d. apartments 683 x 0.6 = 409sqm of apartments. Could be 4 of 3 x 2 apartments. Now it is a claytons quad site. or 6...