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1. We inspected 1 Florence Lane Cremorne prior to its sale last year and we bid at the auction.
   We were aware of its heritage listing and verbally advised the successful bidder of that on the day before the auction during an inspection.
   We were happy to buy it and renovate.
   In particular :
   a) the tree on the border of the adjacent apartment block needed to be removed as it had caused a crack in the house east wall.
   b) otherwise numerous timbers needed to be replaced ,due to termite damage.
   c) beyond these two issues , and after getting engineer's advice, we felt the house could be renovated to an impressive historical residence.

   The house is capable of restoration at reasonable cost and the request to demolish should be refused.

2. I was very interested in purchasing this property last year, and bid at auction. The agent had informed us well of the heritage listing status, both on the local and state heritage register. It cannot be claimed that the heritage listing was not disclosed during the sale process.
   In my position working in property management for the state government, I am very familiar with the restoration of heritage listed properties, and the difficulties which can be faced with termite damage. However in my opinion, it would be a detrimental loss to the community to approve demolition of such a fine example of early 20th century living. As the state heritage register describes, the building "predates most other development locally". The property obviously has significant termite damage, however it is not so extensive as to be unrepairable. I was willing to purchase the property on the understanding that I would need to invest at least $300,000 to restore/renovate it to a suitable standard.

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