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I’d probably stick with the commercial lease unless you leased it separately from the industrial property. It would be a condition of any licence or sublease that the sublessor be required to enter a residential lease with the tenant of the house. CYA.
What does the lease say about living on the premises? Is the tenant able to occupy the residence under a licence? is it a caretakers residence or a full blown 2/3 bedroom house? Does the lease stipulate a rent for the house & another for the commercial use?
Stupid question here, is it a gross or net lease ie who is paying the insurance? If the lease is net ie you pay all outgoings, (and the lessor being a scotsman – apologies to the Scots), I would be going for the lowest possible excess to minimise my out of pockets and maximising the tenant's cost of insurance. It is all about structure and what isn't in the lease as much as what is listed.
I would be carefully going over the outgoings, insurance provisions and the like to determine what might bite you on the backside.
Whether you have built ins or not you still need to put a robe into the room, it will still take up space etc – so they are only single bedrooms.
If they need to put more people into the room, use bunk beds.
Just make sure that they don't exceed the maximum wattage for the light fitting.
Two storey units (maisonettes) tend to have a little bit more wasted space due to the staircase and upstairs hallway chewing up floor space.
Alternatively do you a 6 year lease with a break clause allowing you to exit at yrs 2 or 4?
Generally speaking though it is a 2 year lease with agreement to extend on the same terms for another 2 yrs + 2 more if you choose exercise the option at the appropriate time.
Most importantly, what is the zoning of the block, this will determine whether you can a) subdivide b) build a duplex c) build villas/units/townhouses d) do nothing.
Read 'Bankstown death-trap in the making'.
Consider the breach of privacy issues that may arise.
Has been discussed plenty of times previously – unlikely to happen (again).
Provided that the lessor and the lessee are separate entities, there should be no issues.
Conversely, if a tenant was to purchase a property in the same name as appears on the lease, the lease is extinguished.
Any submission to council will require the owners consent, if you have joint ownership both owners will need to sign the application.
During construction, you do not have control over the site as they are appointed the Principal Contractor. OHS is the responsibility of the building contractor and should be covered by them until handover.
My 2c, there's little chance of 10% + median price increases for several reasons:
- affordability (unless wages increase substantially)
- lack of new projects coming out of the ground (ie supply isn't going to go thru the roof so there is no stock of new property which will be driving prices upwards)
- lack of new (green) blood in the market – migration levels aren't going to change a great deal
- election process puts a dampener on sales activity until the outcome is known (ie uncertainty slows the market not increases activity).
If it is common area, it is not yours to value (unless I am mistaken), you may have some minor benefit eg turning circle but nothing tangible as it is not yours it is common property. What figure do you expect a valuer to ascribe to something that you do not own?
As the entry point for units is much lower than houses, you may benefit from stamp duty exemptions, lower holding costs etc. So a buy, renovate & sell approach or buy & hold can both work.
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I agree with Shahin on several points: diversify, long term strategy etc. If you do purchase inside your smsf you cannot live in the property but it may allow you to consider selling your other properties to diversify.
It depends on your circumstances – if the house is in your name, then you would be on the lowest tax bracket and may not need to pay tax on the income if the net income is below your tax-free threshold . If it is in your husband's name only, then the loss (if negatively geared) would serve to reduce his income and he would pay slightly less tax. If it is jointly owned then it would be a mix of answers.