A rural block outside Casino looks perfect: dam, river frontage, a cleared pad, a price well below everything nearby. This episode walks through the seven flaws that sink Australian land deals after settlement, from a drifted survey peg and an unregistered access track to flood debris on a fence line, bushfire attack levels, transmission easements, old sheep-dip contamination, and the single document that decides whether you can ever legally build at all. Each flaw is tied to the actual rule behind it, the real NSW rules and figures involved, and the specific search or report that would have flagged it before signing. You walk away knowing exactly what to check, in what order, and why the agent's reassurance means nothing next to a title search and a council planning certificate.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:46 A Faded Survey Peg
3:34 A Track Across the Neighbour's Paddock
7:23 Debris Caught High in the Fence Line
10:01 Bush Right Up to the Only Flat Building Spot
13:57 A Power Pole or Pipeline Marker Crossing the Block
16:49 An Old Concrete Sheep Dip or Rubbish Pit
20:31 No Dwelling Entitlement

SOURCES
Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002 (NSW)
Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) — ss 88B, 88K
Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 (NSW)
Standards Australia — AS 3959-2018, Construction of Buildings in Bushfire-Prone Areas
North Arm Cove, New South Wales — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_A...

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