Feasibility and due diligence
Know what a site can yield
Feasibility studies, yield appraisals, site visits and master planning before you buy, so you know a site's real development potential.
hhh architects helps buyers and developers assess a site before purchase with feasibility studies, potential yield appraisals and site visits. The practice gives realistic advice, and a high proportion of the development approvals it secures are actually built.
Feasibility & Due Diligence
No-nonsense, realistic advice
We assist clients with feasibility studies, potential yield appraisals and site visits before purchase. Unlocking a site's maximum development potential is part of our service, and a high proportion of the DAs we secure actually get built.
On Southport projects such as Madison on High and 8 Norman, site yield and project viability were maximised by negotiating relaxations under the Southport Priority Development Area. For a single block, we can show whether it suits a duplex, triplex or more, and which approval path applies.
What it covers
Yield appraisal
How many dwellings, how much floor area, and what parking and amenity the site can support.
Planning pathway
Reconfiguration of a lot or a community title scheme, and how the planning scheme or PDA applies.
Site visits and constraints
Access, outlook, orientation, slope and the constraints that shape a design.
Master planning
Staged master plans for campuses, retirement villages and multi-stage estates.
Related projects
Where we have done it
Madison on High
Southport · Site yield and thus project viability were maximized by negotiation of relaxations in the Southport PDA.
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8 Norman
Southport · Site yield and thus project viability were maximized by negotiation of relaxations in the Southport PDA.
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Metro 88
Southport · The client’s brief for this project was simple; devise a commercially viable apartment building with all units selling at entry level price...
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Further reading
'Per-plexing Potential' How to consider your home's potential to become a duplex, triplex, quadriplex or more
Two Duplex pairs on neighbouring lots in Allamanda Grove/Heeb Street Bundall, HHH Architects
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Southport Priority Development Area Scheme 7 years on
The Southport PDA or Priority Development Area, is a planning scheme that sits under the Gold Coast city plan and was created to stimulate...
Read moreHHH Architects Contributing to the Southport PDA
The team at HHH Architects is proud to be playing a key role in the development of one of the Gold Coast’s essential areas: Southport. We currently...
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Asked and answered
Can you help with due diligence for an acquisition?
Yes. We help clients with feasibility studies, potential yield appraisals and site visits before purchase.
Will the approval you get actually be built?
We give realistic advice, and a high proportion of the DAs we secure are built.
What approval applies if I subdivide or build a duplex?
Usually either a reconfiguration of a lot or a community title scheme, depending on the project. Read Per-plexing potential.
Next step
Tell us about your project.
New build, refurbishment or a site you are thinking of buying: start with a conversation with our directors about the brief, the site and what it could yield.
Contact
Start with a conversation
Tell us about the site and what you have in mind, and one of our directors will come back to you to talk it through.