BEWARE

The most important thing when buying or selling land is to be diligent in your process of transacting. A must have is a land property condition report with site test. Making this a term & condition of sale/purchase as due diligence clause. To be done by a professional service provider such as Real Deal Reports Australia. 

You should not assume that its a clean site/lot of several hundred meters or hectares. Given WA dirt is becoming the value of gold dust now thousands of dollars a square meter its important. Alos the boarders or fence lines are correct as per title lot. If there is something wrong the seller/agent can be held responsible for the costs after the sale. Ignorance is no defense for the law. Due diligence, disclosure is everything for sellers, discovery with a property check for buyers. Recommend a Real Deal 

It amazing how trusting, naive, thoughtless people are about purchasing property. Then wonder why after the sale transaction when shit happens they did not check anything with a professional inspector or advisor prior. Get Land Advice Help Here.  Real Deal

99% of land does not come with any danger signs it Buyer Beware. But Sellers should be careful because the buyer may come back to bite. Over the last 100 years disaster stories are many with a new one every day in WA. From minor issues costing several thousand to several hundred thousand. Hidden gems like undisclosed septic's, tree root systems, bush forever protected vegetation, old brocken swimming pools, buried asbestos fencing, limestone, underground caves, massive gravel rocks, cap rock, natural springs, underground water table rising, sinking areas, 100 year flood zones beside creeks, woggles & native title & woggle, Swan River restrictions, 

council caveats, R Codes, building restrictions,  next door neighbours not sharing new fencing, neighbours claiming degradation damages on their homes after construction on land, contamination from nearby petrol station leaks, buried toxic poisons from neighbouring businesses, industrial waste in commercial zones, wells filled in with full of toxins, reclaimed shire rubbish landfill areas, low lying land contour with  flooding, buried old cars, machinery, even unused mine shaft. This may sound alot but its all real, has happened, there is even more, we have many case studies of proof with evidence. For more advice email a request for help here.

Over the last decade there has been a push for high density living across the metropolitan area. The standard suburban 1/4 acre block 1000sqm with a 50's-80's home is sub-dividable. Premium suburbs are low to medium density R20 duplex sub into 2 lots. Medium to high density 3,4,6 or more with R Codes 30, 40, 60, real ratings. Shires self funding with annual rates for perpetuity as local WA government lessening in financial support. So the shire rates, fees, fines is the answer. The state govt receives land tax or 3.5% Stamp Duty upon sale + Landgate, gst taxes, fees, charges. Funds to state Revenue Dept. coffers is one of the major incomes of state. 

So XL land lots are gold for all sharing the conversion of dirt into cash by subdividing/developing. However don't be mislead that this is an easy thing to do or understand. There are many owners/buyers/DIY developers who have been down the wrong path. Not seeking professional advice or project management in estimates of costs, service providers, time, plans to get the job done. Then press the go button finding out everything blows out, plus tax implications, site issues, actual end result deficiencies' that can be devastating. 

Some shires have zoned areas, caveats over development, so do your due diligence..
'No Surprises Wanted' - remember suburban land use to be bushlands, market gardens, farms for stock, orchards, plantations, swamps, quarries, asbestos fencing, buried rubbish, septic tanks, limestone, rocks fills & more. Just 50 years ago  most of Perth metro was bush. 

So get a site check + Real Report!

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