Developers price a site by working backwards from the finished project: end revenue, minus costs, minus their margin. What is left over is the residual land value. Run the same arithmetic on your own assumptions to see the logic behind a developer's offer.
The percentages above are illustrative starting points only. Adjust every input to your own project; none of them is market data.
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The residual method is the standard way developers and their valuers think about site pricing: work backwards from the end product to what the land can support. This quick-check excludes land acquisition costs (stamp duty, legals) and GST treatment; a developer's full feasibility models both.
Concept education only. This is not a valuation, price opinion or appraisal of any property, and not financial, legal or taxation advice. Every figure is supplied by you; the output is only as good as your assumptions. Developers, financiers and valuers run full feasibility studies with quantity surveyor costings before pricing a site. Get your own professional advice before acting on any number produced here. AgentBridge is a property distribution business and does not provide financial product advice.