Watch a brief video on where things are up to with the property process…
The building committee has been working away over the past few months on lots of things.
First, we’re all still waiting on the Council to approve the current owner’s DA submission for their new building. They told us everything is looking good for that, it’s just a matter of time.
We’ve ordered a full site survey for the property - this will provide a base for all future plans and architectural drawings.
We’ve arranged a Fire Hazzard Assessment to see what implications the trees to the south of the property might have on any future development.
We’re scoping out what we might need the site to be in 20-30 years so we can make stage 1 plans accordingly; things like how many car spaces and classrooms we’ll need.
We’re looking at which parts of the property and land can we use tax-deductible funds for… There will be about $1.7m in property purchase costs that we can’t use tax-deductible funds for. We hope to be able to raise all of that $1.7m, however, we might need to get a loan for some of that cost.
We’ve been working towards setting a renovation budget… not too big.. not too small.