Development feasibility template, what to use, what to skip

What a feasibility template is

A feasibility template is a pre-built spreadsheet model, typically published by an industry body, university course or property consultancy, that you populate with your own project data.

What a good template looks like

• AU-specific cost stack, GST, contributions, finance.
• Monthly cashflow, not just annual.
• Output set including profit on cost, margin, IRR, peak debt.
• Structured input section, not formulas spread across the sheet.

When to skip the template

A template is a frozen guess at how your project looks. The moment you change one assumption, the formulas have to absorb it, which is where templates break. If you're running more than two or three feasibilities a month, a structured tool will save you time within a month.