What is Company Title: Unrealised Opportunity or Potential Pitfall [Question]

by Alexander Gibson | May 10, 2021 | Articles

Company title was the answer to the property law problem of airspace subdivision prior to the implementation of Conveyancing (Strata Titles) Act 1961. Company title was a system of ownership where the owner does not actually acquire an estate or interest in real...

What is Australia’s Best Invention?

by Alexander Gibson | May 3, 2021 | Articles

Australians are an innovative bunch. The cochlear implant and wi-fi technology are just two Aussie inventions that have changed the fabric of the world and the lives of billions but what is the most important invention for Australians? Torrens Title We’ll have to go...

Houses are Cheap [Counter-Intuitive Thinking]

by Alexander Gibson | Apr 26, 2021 | Articles

I don’t really believe people really understand how lucky we are in Australia. I have traveled all over the world seeing poverty in its extreme, corruption at its worse, and life at its cheapest. Yet I still receive comparisons of how much the Sydney median house...

Which was it? [worst house on the best street] or [best house on the worst street]

by Alexander Gibson | Apr 19, 2021 | Articles

The old property adage of ‘buying the worst house on the best street’ has stead true for many Australians in their property. However, what most people really ascertain from this is to buy the cheapest house on the most expensive street. But what actually makes the...

Living Spaces v Dead Spaces [Architecture]

by Alexander Gibson | Apr 12, 2021 | Articles

Urban planning and architecture are centered on the notion of creating living spaces that facilitate human interaction, ease tensions, and excite the senses. The value of these spaces is not in the building materials that comprise it, nor the planning controls that...