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25-07-2026
Can the House Come Down? Historic Area and Character Area Overlays in Inner Adelaide, and What Each One Actually Controls
Historic Area or Character Area? Which overlay sits on your inner-ring Adelaide title decides whether demolition is assessed at all, and where risk sits.
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25-07-2026
The Sewer at the Back of Your Adelaide Block: SA Water Easements, Build-Over Approval and Whether a New Lot Can Be Serviced
An SA Water main or easement across your Adelaide block can decide your lot layout: what the asset search, build-over approval and servicing each answer.
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20-07-2026
What Development Margin Do You Actually Need? Profit-on-Cost Benchmarks for Adelaide Infill
How to read profit-on-cost margin on a small Adelaide infill project: what the percentage measures against, and why the hurdle often sits higher.
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20-07-2026
Acid Sulfate Soils on Reclaimed Adelaide Land: The Overlay That Can Stop Excavation at Port Adelaide and LeFevre
Around Port Adelaide and LeFevre, disturbing reclaimed ground can trigger acid sulfate soils handling that turns routine excavation into unbudgeted work.
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20-07-2026
Raising the Bar on Infill: How SA's Tightened Residential Infill Rules Change Your Yield
SA is lifting the design and amenity bar on residential infill, and the standards under review are the ones that decide your lot yield. Re-test it.
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20-07-2026
Fixed-Price Contract or Not? Build-Cost Escalation and Builder Insolvency Risk in Your SA Feasibility
A fixed-price contract reshapes build-cost and builder-failure risk rather than erasing it. Escalation, contingency and insolvency as feasibility inputs.
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20-07-2026
Building in a Bushfire Hazard Overlay in the Adelaide Hills Fringe: BAL Ratings, Access and the Costs Owners Miss
A bushfire overlay is rarely just a BAL report. It can drive separation, water-supply and access requirements that reshape cost, yield or subdivision.
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20-07-2026
7-Star Energy and Accessible-Housing Rules: The Building Code Changes Adding to SA Build Costs
The NCC's 7-star energy and minimum accessibility provisions have lifted the SA build-cost baseline. Make sure your feasibility reflects today's code.
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20-07-2026
Why the Bank Valuation Came in Low — and What It Does to Your SA Development
A low bank valuation is rarely a verdict on your project. It follows from which valuation was ordered and what the valuer was told to assume.
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20-07-2026
Reactive Clay and Site Classification in Adelaide: What a Class H or P Soil Report Does to Your Footing Budget
Much of Adelaide sits on reactive clay. How your site classification (Class H or P) drives the engineered footing, and why to commission it early.
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20-07-2026
Is Your Land a Target for the $500m Housing Fast-Track Fund? A Landowner's Read
A landowner's read on what SA's $500m housing fast-track fund could mean for your options, timing and value, and which questions belong with advisers.
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20-07-2026
How HomeStart's 2026 Changes Reshape Your Presales and Sell-Down in Adelaide
Reported 2026 HomeStart changes could widen the buyer pool for your Adelaide stock: a presale and absorption sensitivity, not a guaranteed uplift.
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