Apartments in particular are expensive to build, costing around $4,000 per square metre. When you add in the land and subdivision costs, it can end up costing more to build them than they can be sold for, particularly in suburban areas. Only small, inner city apartments, and apartments in some prime areas with affluent demographics, appear to be worthwhile for developers to build.
Terrace houses are more cost-effective to build, at around $1800–$2,000 per square metre. However, the draft AUP prioritises apartments – 50% compared to 3–4% for terrace housing.Fabulous advice to assist people just getting started in property investment. A wealth of knowledge packed into six 2 hour sessions which are easy to fit in to a busy working schedule. There are a lot of tips and tricks to make sense of what can be a very complicated process. I leave property school with the confidence injection I needed to go forward with a plan. - Name unpublished by request
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