For landowners · Greater Sydney
Development sites and landowner partnerships in Sydney.
Own land that could support more than the house on it? Partner with a design-led Sydney developer. AUD Group compares a sale, a sale subject to approval and a joint venture with you on the same numbers, and backs every proposal with in-group design, construction and sales capability.
Your land may be worth more as a development.
In many Sydney suburbs, the value of a block depends less on the house standing on it than on what the planning controls allow and what buyers will pay for new homes there. A site that can take a new luxury home, a duplex or a small infill project is valued by a developer on that potential: the end value of the finished homes, less the cost and risk of getting there.
That potential only becomes money in your hands if the right pathway is chosen. Sell too early and the upside goes to someone else. Take on development risk you did not plan for, and the upside can disappear. The useful question is not "what is my house worth?" but "which way of unlocking this site gives me the outcome I want, at a risk I am comfortable with?"
Why talk to a developer first.
A conventional sale campaign prices the property you have today. A developer prices what the site can become, and can take on the approval and construction risk if you would rather not. Talking to AUD Group does not stop you selling through an agent; it gives you a second, development-based view of value before you decide.
Because AUD Group works with sister businesses in design, construction, finance and sales, the feasibility behind any proposal is built with real design, cost and market input rather than rule-of-thumb rates.
Your options
Four ways to unlock a site.
Each option trades off price, certainty, timing and risk differently. We put them side by side for your site, using the same assumptions, so the comparison is fair.
1. Sell as is
An unconditional sale at today's value. The fastest and most certain route, with no development risk, and no share in the development upside.
2. Sell subject to approval
You agree to sell once an approval is obtained, often through an option or conditional contract. The developer funds the approval work; the price reflects the approved outcome; settlement takes longer.
3. Joint venture
You contribute the land; the developer contributes expertise, approvals, funding arrangements and delivery. The return is shared under a written agreement. Higher potential return, with shared risk.
4. Development management
You keep ownership and fund the project; the development is managed for you for a fee. You keep most of the upside and carry most of the risk.
Compare on one set of numbers
Every option is modelled from the same feasibility: planning controls, end values, costs, programme and a realistic contingency.
Read the guide
A plain-English comparison of these structures: selling land to a Sydney developer.
What we look at
What makes a site work.
No single number makes a good development site. These are the factors we assess first, and the reason a site that looks ordinary can turn out to be valuable.
Planning
Zoning and controls
Zoning, height, floor space, lot size and frontage controls, and whether a CDC or DA pathway is realistic.
Market
Location and buyer demand
What buyers in the street and suburb pay for new homes, and which product suits them best.
Site
Shape, slope and access
Topography, rock, trees, access, services and stormwater, all of which move construction cost.
Title
Title and constraints
Easements, covenants, heritage, flood or bushfire affectation, and anything else on the planning certificate.
Eastern Suburbs
Upper North Shore
Northern Beaches
Inner West & wider Greater Sydney
How it works
From an address to an agreement.
You stay in control of every step. Nothing is binding until formal agreements are signed with your own solicitor's advice.
Initial review
Planning controls, comparable sales and obvious site constraints, to see whether the site has development potential worth exploring.
Feasibility and options
A development scenario for the site, and the sale, sale-subject-to-approval and joint venture options compared on the same numbers.
Proposal
A written proposal for the option you prefer, setting out price or return, timing, who pays for what, and what happens if an approval is not obtained.
Due diligence
Title, survey, planning and site investigations on both sides, with your solicitor and advisers involved.
Formal agreements
Contract, option deed or joint venture agreement, prepared and reviewed by each party's lawyers before anything is signed.
A development proposal is only as credible as the people who will deliver it. AUD Group develops with the support of specialist sister businesses, so the design, cost and sales assumptions in your feasibility come from the people who would actually do the work.
Frequently asked
Questions landowners ask first.
Straight answers before you send anything.
This page is general information only and is not legal, tax, valuation or financial advice. Any proposal is subject to due diligence and formal agreements. No price, return, approval or timeframe is guaranteed.
Find out what your site could be worth as a development.
Send the address and what you would like to achieve. We will tell you whether the site has development potential and which options are worth comparing.