{
  "title": "Development evidence: compare the property, the event and the source",
  "description": "Development evidence connects comparable sales, rooming house income, unit configuration and site feasibility to dated sources and an explicit list of unresolved questions.",
  "url": "https://premiumrea.com.au/development-evidence",
  "datePublished": "2026-10-09",
  "dateModified": "2026-10-09",
  "language": "en",
  "creator": "PremiumRea",
  "licence": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "scope": "The checklist contains our original evidence-register headings and method notes. It contains no proprietary sale records, client details or third-party images. Reuse it with attribution under CC BY 4.0; verify the source material separately for your address and decision.",
  "method": "For each important claim, record the property or sale event, the source document or URL, the event date, the date retrieved, the reviewer and the next action. A successful data query is evidence that a query returned something; it does not establish that the source is complete, current or applicable to your proposed use. Keep unknown and conflicting information visible.",
  "columns": [
    "Decision",
    "Evidence to request",
    "What it cannot establish alone"
  ],
  "decisions": [
    [
      "Transaction product",
      "Dated sale description, contract timeline and building-state evidence",
      "A current photograph cannot prove the condition at an earlier sale."
    ],
    [
      "Rooming house operation",
      "Relevant premises and operator records, anonymised operating history",
      "A candidate address or licence alone does not prove the proposed operation."
    ],
    [
      "Unit configuration",
      "Plans, dated photographs, inspection and title documents",
      "A portal category or bathroom counter cannot prove the complete product."
    ],
    [
      "Title and site",
      "Title, subdivision documents, appropriate survey and current planning assessment",
      "A map or concept layout cannot confirm legal rights or approval."
    ],
    [
      "Income and costs",
      "Period-specific agreements, reconciled receipts and a scoped cost register",
      "Advertised rent and a building-only quote cannot establish project cash flow."
    ],
    [
      "Market comparison",
      "Matching product, dates, price sources, sample and coverage notes",
      "A small-sample median cannot establish a resale result for another property."
    ]
  ],
  "evidenceStates": [
    {
      "name": "Supported observation",
      "text": "The cited source supports this specific observation at the stated date. Other decisions may still require separate evidence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Inference",
      "text": "The interpretation uses stated assumptions. Record the reasoning and the evidence that could confirm or overturn it."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unresolved",
      "text": "Information is missing, conflicting, outside source coverage or pending review. Assign a responsible person and next action."
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "label": "Consumer Affairs Victoria: buyer due diligence checklist",
      "url": "https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing/buying-and-selling-property/checklists/due-diligence",
      "checked": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "label": "Consumer Affairs Victoria: property prices and underquoting",
      "url": "https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing/buying-and-selling-property/understanding-property-prices-and-underquoting-for-buyers",
      "checked": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "label": "Consumer Affairs Victoria: rooming house operator definitions",
      "url": "https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/licensing-and-registration/rooming-house-operators/definitions",
      "checked": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "label": "Consumer Affairs Victoria: rooming house operator public register",
      "url": "https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/licensing-and-registration/rooming-house-operators/public-register",
      "checked": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "label": "Planning Victoria: planning permits",
      "url": "https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/guides-and-resources/guides/guide-to-victorias-planning-system/planning-permits",
      "checked": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "label": "ASIC Moneysmart: buying an investment property",
      "url": "https://moneysmart.gov.au/property-investment/buying-an-investment-property",
      "checked": "2026-10-09"
    }
  ]
}