Well, well, well. This Facebook section for sale is bigger, flatter, pricier. Two hundred thousand to be exact, but that was a price we were happy to pay for Dunback. We just didn’t go that high because why pay more if no one else is willing to.

This land is simple, no crazy old unconsented buildings to remove. Just a stormwater drain exceptionally close or on some of the land. 3 titles instead of two and double the size of land. The good thing is we have done a lot of the due diligence on the Dunback property we can easily transfer a lot of that to this one. So we get on our bikes (so to speak) and visit their home to sign up. We go through all the frustrating moments of a private sale. Trying to act cool but also wanting to know what on earth is happening. It takes a few days for us to have it under contract. The race was on at this point as we didn’t want to dump Dunback without having this one in place and being sure. We exhausted all of our resources and asked millions of questions. Placemakers team have been a real gem in us getting our build costs. They really made life a lot easier for us.

Once we crashed the Dunback contract we knew with 90% certainty that we would go ahead with Brough St. The best thing to do was to continue our due diligence and keep digging to see if we had missed any important information we may need. We chatted to local council and regional. Finally we ran out of time and we went unconditional and settled. There was no real time between the two as lawyers are closing down for the holidays. We held back a few thousand for a surveyor to put pegs in the boundaries in the new year, but it is now in Rowan’s name. Not a bad ending for 2023!