Free adaptive reuse screening

Is your building worth converting?
Find out in minutes.

Answer ten questions about an existing building and get a suitability score out of five, an indicative result, and the red flags to look at first. Built on Slattery's decades of experience in Australian construction. No drawings and no specialist knowledge required.

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Results on screen, emailed if you'd like

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Example result
1980s office, North Sydney
Suitability for adaptive reuse
4.1
Suitability score (out of 5)
Moderate potential
Test the risks before you spend
Strength of information provided
High
Red flag count
1
Red flags to look at first
Building condition
Poor condition can significantly increase the cost, time and risk of structural, facade, services and compliance upgrades.
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THREE STEPS

From an existing building to a clear first read

No drawings and no spreadsheets. If you know the building, you can run it.
01
Tell us about the building
Where it is, what it is used for now, and roughly when it was built.
02
Answer ten questions
Location, size, height, daylight, parking, market demand, site constraints and condition. Approximate answers are fine.
03
Get your result
A score out of five and an indicative result on screen straight away, with any red flags highlighted, and emailed to you if you'd like a copy.

A read you can
actually act on

Petra Adaptive Reuse Screening tells you whether a building deserves a closer look and what to check first, so a feasibility study can start with a clear brief.

1. A suitability score out of five for the building
2. An indicative result of High, Moderate or Low potential, with clear next steps
3. Red flags that show what to look at first
4. Emailed to you if you'd like a copy, so you can share it with your board or advisors
High potential 4.3 to 5.0
Ready for the next stage of investigation
The building has characteristics that may support further investigation of adaptive reuse. Planning, design, cost and feasibility investigations are recommended.
Moderate potential 3.3 to 4.2
Test the risks before you spend
A mix of opportunities and constraints. Further planning, design, cost and feasibility work is recommended to understand the key risks and information gaps.
Low potential Below 3.3
Confirm the red flags before going further
Constraints have been identified that may affect adaptive reuse outcomes. Further investigation may establish whether they can be addressed.
A deal-breaker answer, answers you're not sure about, or three or more red flags can lower the result, whatever the score.

Office vacancy is at a 31-year high

The empty space sits mostly in lower-grade buildings, the ones with tired services and few amenities. Owners are asking what else a building could be.

Knowing where to start is the hard part. Petra Adaptive Reuse Screening gives owners a clear first read, so the conversation with Slattery's advisors starts earlier and with a better brief.

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16.1%
national office vacancy in July 2026, the highest in 31 years, and concentrated in lower-grade stock
Source: Property Council of Australia, Office Market Report, July 2026.
10
questions, about five minutes, and no drawings needed
5 Minutes
to a first read, the starting point ahead of a detailed Slattery study
Beyond the score

Now you know which building.
Next, take it further.

The score tells you where to start. What happens next is where Slattery's team works with you.
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Bring us the building and our advisors take the strong candidates into a proper feasibility study, and help the rest find their best next step.
A feasibility study that starts from your score and the reasons behind it
Cost and carbon advice backed by Slattery's Australian project data
Advice from a team that's spent decades in Australian construction
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Every asset ranked, with the problems compared side by side
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How the
score is built

Every question covers something that can decide whether a conversion works: where the building is, its size and height, whether daylight reaches the floors, parking and support space, the local residential market, site constraints and the building's condition.

Some answers limit the result outright. A building with daylight on only one side, weak residential demand, poor condition or several site constraints cannot reach High potential, no matter how good the rest of it is. Neither can one where the site constraints, two or more of the key answers, or too many answers overall are unknown.

The questions and weightings reflect Slattery's decades of experience on Australian projects.

To be clear about what this tool is. The Petra Adaptive Reuse Screening is an early-stage screen. It cannot see behind the façade, price the fit-out, or predict a planning decision. Even a five out of five needs further investigation before anyone commits. What it tells you is which building deserves that investigation first.
What we ask about
The building
What it is
When it was built, the floorplate area, number of levels, basement and parking, and how many sides get good natural light.
The market
Where it sits
Where the building is, what it is used for now, and the strength of the local residential market.
The risks
What could hold it back
Known constraints (planning and regulations, heritage, contamination, buildability) and the building's overall condition.

Before you ask

The honest answers

Q

Is it really free?

Yes. No card and no trial that expires. You enter your email address to get access, and you can choose to have your result emailed to you.

Q

How accurate is a ten-question screen?

It is designed to point you in the right direction, not to give a final answer. The screen shows whether a building is worth a proper feasibility study and which issues to look at first. Approximate answers are fine, and the strength of information rating shows how much weight to give the result.

Q

What if my building scores badly?

That is still a useful answer. A Low result shows the red flags to confirm first, and some may be answers you were not sure about rather than real problems. If the constraints are confirmed, an upgrade in the building's current use may be the better path, and a Slattery advisor can help you work out which.

Q

Does it only cover apartments?

No. The screen covers residential conversion in general, including apartments, build-to-rent, student accommodation and co-living. These uses share the same core needs: daylight, a workable floorplate, residential demand and a building in sound condition.

Q

Do I need drawings?

No. If you know the building roughly, you can run it: about when it was built, the approximate floorplate area, how many levels it has and which sides get good natural light.

Q

What happens to my building's details?

Your answers and result are held by Slattery and used to send you your result and to follow up if you would like to talk it through. We may also use de-identified, aggregated results to improve the tool and report on trends. They are not published or sold. See Slattery's privacy policy for how your information is handled.

Q

Who built this?

Slattery, who've spent decades advising on Australian construction cost and delivery. The questions and weightings come from that experience.

Find out which building
is worth a closer look.

Ten questions about an existing building, a score out of five, and the red flags to look at first.
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Free to use. Results on screen and by email

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