Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 26, 2009 12:38 pm I have a meeting coming up this week with council, its with 2 of their town planners, i will just be showing them the floor plan of the house. What happens at these meetings? What should i ask and what documents should i have? It will just be me and someone from the project home company. We want to apply for a relaxation to the setbacks in a non urban area, side boundary is 7m, we want 2.5m and front line is 20m and we want 10m. We are in the northern beaches, plan to knock down the shack which is already 2.5m away from side boundary. Wish us luck! We've had the offer of a short term tenant whilst waiting for CDC/DA home approval and demolition for our knock down rebuild. It would achieve a pretty low rent as it's… 0 13759 The fastest thing a builder will do is bank your cheque, those systems work perfectly with lightning speed, everything else is slow burn. Just the way it is. 1 8711 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 81733 |