Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 18, 2021 4:32 am Hi all, I am in the initial design stage of building a home on my block of land in a well established inner Melbourne suburb. My block is 10 metres wide and 44 metres long and it is more or less flat. It has low areas towards the front part of it - the soil report revealed the low points of RL 9.70 compared to RL 10.00 street footpath level. When it rains there are usually huge patches of standing water where the land is low. Iām quite hesitant to continue with the building process until this issue is resolved. The natural slope of the land is north to south and our neighbours house is on the north side of the block. It is possible that the neighbours stormwater is flowing into my block. I was wondering if anyone had similar issues and how they resolved it. Is it worthwhile filling the lower areas of my block to match the street footpath RL level to 10.00? What are the building implications of doing this? Can anyone recommend any reputable company in Melbourne that can do controlled fills etc? Any advice would be great! Thanks, Vic All 3 items listed are defects and are of concern. Please seek qualified independent inspector and/or legal advice for your state. 1 8211 Plumbers 'can be' plumbers, made all the worse by self certification which the building surveyor invariably accepts as proof of compliance! The good thing is that you know know. 3 4857 Grab a hose, insert it at the top of the inlet/down pipe and turn the water on and see where the water is escaping from. Then you'll know. 3 8465 |