Free Checklist

How to Pick the Right Unit for Your Next Home

The 30 checks I run with my clients at the showflat or the viewing before we commit to a stack and a floor. Score up to five units side by side, free to your inbox.

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It's easy to miss what matters when you choose a unit

At a new launch, the development isn't built yet, so you have to picture what you will get after TOP. At a resale viewing, you can see it for yourself, but it's easy to miss. The block across from your window. The bin centre next to your stack. The afternoon sun in your living room.

Most people buy property only a few times in their life. So you might miss out on key details which could affect your exit in the future.

Five years of showflats and viewings

I've been a private property agent for the past 5 years, and I've sat through many unit selections with my clients. Most of what is on this scorecard is what I point out to them at the showflat or the viewing, the things they would otherwise have walked past.

I've also started my own capital building journey with a 2-bed 2-bath purchase, so I have skin in the game.

delvingohsg

Instagram · 4 September 2026

Delvin's Instagram post on the day he bought his first residential property

Bought my first residential property today! Glad to be able to start my capital building journey with a new 2b2b unit and walk the talk…

There is something different that can't be replicated when you're just providing advisory without having skin in the game.

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A condo ties up a lot of capital

Buying a condo is a high capital commitment. You do not want to be stuck with a unit you cannot exit when you need to.

The unit you pick is also what the next buyer compares against every other unit in the same project. Similar units in the same project, of the same size and on similar floors, can resell $200,000 or more apart.

What you get

A free PDF of the Property Selection Checklist, to bring with you to the showflat or the viewing. It is a scorecard: 30 checks, up to five units side by side, so you compare them instead of going by feel.

It covers what a showflat or a quick viewing will not show you. Where the rubbish truck drives, which stacks take the west sun, whether the walk from the side gate is sheltered. And at a new launch, how to work out whether each floor jump is fairly priced.