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07-07-2026
A Developer Offered to Buy My Adelaide Block — Is the Price Fair? (Residual Land Value Explained)
A developer offered to buy your Adelaide block? Learn residual land value and sanity-check the price against the developer's real FY2026-27 cost stack.
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07-07-2026
Your Land Is in a GARP Growth Area: What the 2026 Update Means for Rezoning, Timing and Value
In a Greater Adelaide Regional Plan growth area? What rezoning really involves, how long it takes, and how your land's value moves — honestly.
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07-07-2026
Dual Occupancy in Adelaide: Two Homes on One Block, and When to Split the Title
Two homes on one block in Adelaide: what the Planning and Design Code allows, the 2026-27 government fees, and when to split the title.
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06-07-2026
Red Flags in Landowner JV Agreements: A Due-Diligence Checklist Before You Sign With a Builder-Developer in SA
A due-diligence checklist for SA landowners offered a builder-developer JV: ten red-flag clauses and the questions to ask before you sign.
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06-07-2026
Do I Need a Town Planner to Subdivide in Adelaide — and Who Manages the Whole DA?
No law forces you to hire a town planner to subdivide in Adelaide — but who coordinates the whole DA to new titles? DA management, explained.
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06-07-2026
Regulated and Significant Trees in SA: How the 2024 Reforms Can Reshape or Stop Your Subdivision
Since 16 May 2024 a 1 m-trunk tree is regulated in SA and can reshape or stop a subdivision. Thresholds, exemptions and 2026-27 offset costs, explained.
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06-07-2026
Does DA Approval Add Value? Selling Your Adelaide Block With Approval vs Without
Does getting development approval before selling your Adelaide block add value? SA's four approval rungs, FY2026-27 costs, tax and DA-lapse risk.
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04-07-2026
Can I Sell Part of My Land in SA? Boundary Realignment vs Subdivision Explained
Yes — after a land division. Boundary realignment vs full subdivision in SA: pathways, FY2026-27 fees, off-the-plan contracts and settlement traps.
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04-07-2026
My Subdivision Is Approved — Why Don't I Have Titles Yet? Clearances and the Certificate of Approval in SA
Development approval doesn't create titles. The five gates between an approved SA land division and new certificates of title — with FY2026-27 fees.
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03-07-2026
SA Development Application & Land Division Fees 2026-27: Every PlanSA and Lands Titles Office Fee in One Table
Every PlanSA and Lands Titles Office fee for SA land division in FY2026-27 — lodgement, assessment, open space and title fees — in one dated table.
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03-07-2026
SA Water Augmentation Charges 2026-27: The $4,017–$12,051 Per-Service Fee You Must Clear Before New Titles
SA Water's 2026-27 augmentation charges: $4,017–$12,051 per service in Greater Adelaide, payable before title clearance. Rates, exclusions and deferral.
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25-06-2026
The Property Development Process in South Australia: Steps & Common Mistakes
A plain-English guide to the property development process in South Australia — consents, assessment pathways, land division, and the mistakes to avoid.
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