Property Research

Moving to Brisbane? Break the city into research-sized areas and run the transport, school, flood and planning checks that actually matter before you choose.

The rooftop solar and battery checklist nobody publishes: what buyers should ask before purchasing a home that already has a system, and the correct sequence for owners considering adding one.

A calm, practical guide to asbestos in older Queensland homes for buyers, owners and renovators — where it typically appears, why disturbance is the real risk, and what a standard building and pest inspection does not cover.

The vegetation and koala habitat overlays Queensland buyers often miss, and how council, state and Commonwealth rules can restrict a build.

A remote due-diligence workflow for buying a Queensland property from interstate or sight unseen, covering desk checks and what needs a site visit.

What Queensland buyers should check on a house and land package, including QBCC licensing, home warranty cover and contract risks.

How to research whether a Queensland block can be subdivided, covering reconfiguring a lot rules, covenants, sewer access and zoning overlays.

Insurance is normally treated as a settlement-day formality. In a flood- or storm-exposed part of Queensland it should be tested while you still hold a finance or building and pest condition.

What buying a sloping block in Queensland means for retaining walls, drainage, soil testing and landslide overlays before you make an offer.

What Logan Hospital's $540 million Stage 2 expansion means for buyers researching the wider Logan corridor near Meadowbrook's health precinct.