Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Will you buy a circa 1930s Heritage Home 4Mar 16, 2009 9:58 am We now have a blog. http://allaboutthebuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Will you buy a circa 1930s Heritage Home 5Mar 16, 2009 4:16 pm very helpful comments... i think my wife would not want to be stressed out like this in the future.
danma No No No No No & No we had a beautiful 1930's home that when we brought it, was not heritage listed. We renovated it (back to the original condition) and then the whole street had a heritage listing put on it. We had a asbestos garage that was full of termites and we put in a DA to knock it down and replace it with a new garage that was in sympathy with the house. The council took 2 years to approve it we had to get heritage impact statements that cost at the time $5000 for council to look at. It ended up that we had a meeting on site with the Mayor, councilors, town planners, the heritage person from council to discuss what we were wanting to do. The Heritage person wanted a different design and the total cost for her design was $60,000 ours was $25,000 in the end we got it through but not without a huge amount of stress, I used to ring Council at least once a week for the 2 years it was in there. I love old homes and I think that they should be preserved but some Councils and Heritage Officers just go a bit too far. Would I ever buy one again- No Way. Looking at some of the designs on websites, they are all selling very similar products. I get that you want something stylish. It's worth looking for search terms like SaveH2O… 2 6973 We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 16084 Looking to start the journey of becoming an owner builder in SA. Feeling pretty (overly) confident on the building and construction details, but really struggling to find… 0 8366 |