11/09/2026
The due diligence on our Orakei site took about two months and five specialist reports, all of it before we went unconditional - geotechnical, civil, traffic, architectural concepts and title. All five came back with a constraint on them, and none with anything that stopped the project.
A standard due diligence clause is measured in working days rather than months. On a straightforward site you can get what you need inside that window. On a complicated one you cannot, and what you missed does not show up until much later.
It is worth saying why you would take on a complicated site at all. The easy ones are easy for everyone else to assess too, so that is where the competition is. The harder ones get discounted for risk nobody has measured yet, and the reports are what turn that risk into something you can price.
What each one looked at: https://www.crestonproperty.co.nz/resources/auckland-development-due-diligence-five-reports
