Advantages and Disadvantages of a Privately Owned Road

Lruhley on 07/03/2017 - 21:18

I am looking into buying some land in a new development in Brisbane. The sales person informed me that the lot I am interested in is on a privately owned road. They assured me that rubbish and post will still be collected/delivered directly to the house.

Advantages:
- None

Disadvantages:
- Pay $95 annually to sinking fund for upkeep of road
- Full address will be something like 12 Private Road, 25 Other Road, Suburb

Are there any other advantages or disadvantages of living on a privately owned road?

Home & Garden

Comments

  • realfancyman on 07/03/2017 - 21:21

    What if the road gets wrecked somehow and the owner decides not to fix it?

  • mshanann on 07/03/2017 - 21:58
    +1

    Who owns the road? Do you have a share or easement?

    Where do the utilities run (like water/sewerage/telecommunications) and what happens if any houses on that road have issues with such utilities (who pays?)

    Do you have a regular council garbage service, or private, and if council service, do you have to pay extra for them to travel up your private road?

  • punkindrublic on 07/03/2017 - 22:16

    Yeah, aside from being able to tell people you own a road, the only thing you're getting out of it is endless maintenance bills and (probably) a whole lot of arguments with your co-owners about paying said bills.

  • [Deactivated] on 07/03/2017 - 23:35

    Don't bother
    thats all I will say on the topic

  • Ryanek on 08/03/2017 - 08:16
    +3

    "They assured me that rubbish and post will still be collected/delivered directly to the house"

    I've learnt never to trust anything an agent tells me when they are trying to sell land.

  • BobD on 08/03/2017 - 09:28

    I'm in VIC and living in a gated estate with private roads. The gates are open during daylight hours. We get garbage pickups OK but Auspost is a dead loss. They won't deliver parcels to the house. I've had arguments with them about it and they just won't do it.

  • Euphemistic on 10/03/2017 - 08:28

    I wouldn't want a garbage truck driving up my private road. Heavy loads are the quickest way to kill the road pavement.

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