Lane 04 · Development sites

Development sites, sourced before they hit the market.

Dual-occ, townhouse, and small unit sites for developers and development-minded investors. Pocket-by-pocket relationships with agents, planners, and vendors: the deals you can't find on the portals.

Book a strategy callThe Feaso Filter™
60–70%of deals secured off-market or pre-market
Feaso firstevery site filtered before you spend on consultants
4 statesplanning coverage: VIC C1Z, NSW R2/R3, SA Township, QLD LMR

01 · The discipline

Every site gets the Feaso Filter™ before you spend a dollar on consultants.

Quick feasibility first: gross realisation value, build cost, margin, sensitivity. If the margin isn't there at the filter stage, we don't waste your due diligence budget finding out the expensive way.

The filter kills more deals than it passes. That's the point: your capital only chases sites that survive the numbers.

02 · The process

Source. Filter. Verify. Acquire.

01

Source

Off-market and pre-market sites through pocket-by-pocket relationships with agents, planners and vendors: dual-occ, townhouse and small unit sites.

02

Filter

The Feaso Filter™: GRV, build cost, margin, sensitivity. A one-pager for smaller sites; a full model for bigger plays.

03

Verify

Planning and zoning research, state-specific. DA precedent review: what's actually been approved in the surrounding pocket, not what the council brochure says.

04

Acquire

Negotiation and execution, plus a 10-slide off-market acquisition teaser deck when you're bringing JV capital to the table.

What you get

Paperwork that stands up in front of capital partners.

Feaso Filter™ reportOne-pager for the quick call; full model for the larger deals.
Acquisition teaser deckThe 10-slide developer pitch for JV capital partners.
Planning and zoning briefState-specific: VIC C1Z, NSW R2/R3, SA Township, QLD LMR.
DA precedent memoWhat's been approved around the site, the strongest signal there is.

The fee

Engagement fee plus a success fee at exchange.

$20,000 minimum

$5,000 engagement fee, then a success fee of $15,000 or 2% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, at unconditional exchange. Both figures include GST. The floor exists because a full acquisition process costs the same whether the asset is $600,000 or $6 million; the percentage only overtakes it once the purchase price passes $750,000. Engagement lengths vary wildly in this lane; the fee structure reflects it.

The property analysis and cash flow model are free on your strategy call, before you commit to anything.

  • Off-market and pre-market sourcing
  • Feaso Filter™ on every candidate site
  • Planning, zoning and DA precedent research
  • JV teaser deck when capital partners are involved
  • Negotiation and acquisition execution

The proof

The site I bought, masterplanned and onsold before the DA.
Development · Receipt 03pre-DA

The site I bought, masterplanned and onsold before the DA.

Dry Creek, SA · bought $3,850,000, February 2022 · sold $4,750,000, December 2023 · not a client purchase

My own project, with two partners: 8,928m² at 11% site coverage, bought for $3,850,000 in February 2022. Feasibility ran the way I run it for every client site, gross realisation, costs and margin, before a cent went to consultants. Masterplanned as 13 office warehouses and onsold, with plans and brand in place, for $4,750,000 in December 2023, before the development application was lodged.

Read receipt 03 on the results page →

The settled development entry on my ledger is the same Dry Creek project referenced on the commercial page: my own money, run through the Feaso Filter™ discipline I apply to every client site. No client development purchase has settled on the ledger yet. As at September 2026.

Dry Creek was bought, developed and sold as principal, not on a client's behalf. Individual outcomes vary. Full disclaimer below.

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FAQ

Questions developers ask before engaging

What is the Feaso Filter™?
A rapid feasibility screen: gross realisation value, build and holding costs, and margin, run before you spend real money on consultants. It kills bad sites early and cheaply. Bring a site to the strategy call and the Filter runs free on the spot.
Do I need development experience?
No. Plenty of clients start with a duplex, dual occupancy or single subdivision, and the process is built to be honest with first-timers: if the margin isn't there, you'll know before your consultants bill you, not after.
What planning research do you do before purchase?
Zoning and overlay analysis, DA precedent review in the immediate area, and a read on council appetite for the proposed outcome. Where the project needs a town planner's formal advice, I'll say so and coordinate, rather than pretend to be one.
What are JV teaser decks?
A concise presentation of the site, the feasibility and the proposed structure, prepared for conversations with capital partners. I prepare the materials and the numbers; the investment decision and its terms remain between you and your partners.
What's the minimum site size or budget you'll consider?
There isn't a fixed floor. A duplex site and an 8,928m² employment-zoned parcel both go through the same Feaso Filter™; the number that matters is whether the margin clears the site risk, not the site's size.
Do you help find development sites, or only assess ones I've already found?
Both. Bring me a site and the Filter runs on it free at the strategy call. Or I search for sites against your brief the same way I search for a house: off-market first, and I only bring you a site the numbers already support.
Is the Dry Creek site a client purchase?
No. It's my own, bought with my own money and with two partners, run through the same Feaso Filter™ I'd run on your site. It's the settled development entry on my results page. I'll add client sites here as they settle rather than let Dry Creek imply more than it is.

Bring the goal. I'll bring the thesis, the numbers, and the deal.

A strategy call is 30 minutes. Bring a site if you have one; the Feaso Filter™ runs free on the call. If the margin isn't there, you'll know before your consultants bill you.

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Best fit: $50K+ in cash or equity · household income $200K+ · buying in the next 1 to 3 months.