Calculation method
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Number of dwellings × sale price by dwelling type. Keep the evidence date, source, range and confidence beside each sale value.
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Understand how each assumption changes an Auckland residential development result. The main feasibility model combines all seven methods; the cards below explain each control before you use it.
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Development feasibility
Model residual land value, margin, costs and sensitivity.
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Open BuildPath NZ guidance and practical controls for gst / tax assumption checker.
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Open resourceModel residual land value, margin, costs and sensitivity.
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Open BuildPath NZ guidance and practical controls for development margin calculator.
Open BuildPath NZ guidance and practical controls for residual land value calculator.
Open BuildPath NZ guidance and practical controls for gst / tax assumption checker.
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Open BuildPath NZ guidance and practical controls for sensitivity calculator.
Calculation method
Number of dwellings × sale price by dwelling type. Keep the evidence date, source, range and confidence beside each sale value.
Open the full feasibility model →Calculation method
Compare final profit with total cost and net revenue. Review both margin on cost and margin on revenue.
Open the full feasibility model →Calculation method
Work backwards from net sales, non-land cost and the required return to test the maximum supported land price.
Open the full feasibility model →Calculation method
Record whether each input is GST-inclusive, GST-exclusive, zero-rated, exempt or unverified. Confirm the treatment with a New Zealand tax adviser.
Open the full feasibility model →Calculation method
Test the amount borrowed, annual rate and months outstanding separately for land and the main project facility.
Open the full feasibility model →Calculation method
Stress sale price, yield, land, civil, construction, programme, interest, selling cost, tax and contingency assumptions.
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