Alyce & Dennis

The situation

Alyce and Dennis are global citizens, a mixed-nationality couple (Australian and German) who've built their life abroad and were living in China when we met. Neither had lived in Australia recently. What they wanted was simple and a bit sentimental: to own a piece of Australia near Alyce's home town, somewhere to anchor to, even if they weren't sure they'd ever live there.

What they wanted

A growth-focused investment they could buy into now, structured around their nationality mix and the fact that one partner was still going through the PR process. The goal was to get in early without wearing the full foreign-buyer cost.

How we helped

We structured the purchase in the Australian citizen's name only, which avoided the additional FIRB and foreign stamp duty costs. Eight months later, once PR came through, we added the partner to the contract. Alongside the ownership structuring we handled the lending support and the off-plan strategy end to end.

It's the kind of problem that looks like a dead end if you go it alone. The right structure turned a complicated nationality mix into a straightforward purchase. The nice part came eight months in: when the partner's PR was approved, adding their name to the contract felt less like paperwork and more like the plan coming together.

The result

Bought at $883,560, with estimated value at settlement around $1,050,000, a projected uplift of roughly $166,440 (≈18.8%) in about nine months. Projected rent of $800 per week works out to a gross yield near 4.7%.