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Hi there, i had a similiar problem that stalled construction on one of my blocks. How ever if it is an issue for an easement to be placed on your property or council wont allow pumps and pits then there is an alternative which involves tapping into your neighbours to have it run out to the street behind yours.
You can speak to your neighbour and see if you can get conscent, you will obviously have to pay for all associated costs involved. If he refuses like my neighbour did then you can take it to the land and building courts and put an application where they will approval and grant this to be done.
I didnt know about this and i was going to give up untill a developer told me what to do, it is very common practice to do this and is normal as it happens day in and day out. i think it cost me about 6K to submit and approve the order which is pretty straight forward.
Hope this helps you
I was approved for a 2 story duplex, but thought about it and decided not to as it was going to set me back around 350k. and to be honest i only bought the property a yr and a half ago and cant really afford 350k atm.
There is already an existing 3bedroom clad home at the front of the property which is a rental property and after speaking to people i decided to go for a single storey split granny flat. let it cost me 80k but i worked out the return on the investment to be very worthwhile.
The structure im going to build isnt a typical granny flat looking building, its a well designed purpose built , quality materials which was designed by the guys based on my needs.
I was actually going to go for 4 studios but they advised me to go for a duel occupancy where it can be comfortable and spacios to add return on the investment. and in the furture wont affect the rest of the land should i decide to knock and built duplex at the front in the future, I kind of agree with them.
Hi NS, If you are in sydney i can pass details of the guys im going to be using. there stuff isnt prefab, its build on the spot and the design of the structure was pretty much designed the way i wanted it.
My property is 1100sq. It willhave its own driveway on one side of the house so theres plenty of room..
From whats written down on the costing, excavation, survey, plans and council, site clean up, security fencing is all included. Kitchen, electrical appliances, wardrobes etcc. I didnt include aircon or rainwater tank.
Pretty much everything from start to finish except the actual external connections of utilities. Tiles and carpet ect. I was given a copy of plans and actual room sizes based on what i was after. I think its a very good price especially based on what ive seen from his finished work but this is first time doing this so i thought ill put the question out there incase im missing something or things i should look out for
Im in the process of going ahead with a duel occupancy granny flat (kind of like a single level duplex) being built on my property in wentworthville. I was quoted fixed price of 75K on concrete slab. The only thing that is going to cost me extra is the external connections of utilities etc but all wirring and plumbing on the inside is included. Its about 65sq all up from memory.
Is this a good price?? I have had other people price me but there designs look to typical granny flat looking for me and prices were around 95K
He was recomended to me by a family friend who built a 2 bedroom granny flat on his property about 9 month ago. I was actually very impressed with the overall build, fittings and materials used. Looks more like a house than granny flat.
