Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 26, 2009 2:27 pm Hi, I'm new to the forum although I have been lurking around reading some of your posts for a few months now - thanks for all the great advice!!! We are building a custom home in Melbourne's inner north/east and have to demolish a brick double garage, brick bungalow and and indoor in-ground pool (plus a couple of small trees). We have no idea how it all works...... We settle next week (after a very lengthy settlement period) so we want to get the ball rolling. We are currently at precon stage with our builder (getting plans approved by council at the moment). When can we actually start demolition? do we have to wait til our plans are approved? Also, if you could list EVERYTHING that is involved with a demolition that would be great eg, connections, arborist reports etc.... Regarding connections - the existing buildings have not been used for a few years now, when people talk about connections (gas, electricity, water) do you mean just a simple disconnection or do we actually have to totally get rid of any existance of a connection??? Sorry if i sound like a dumbo - we are a bit clueless when it comes to building - although we are learning something new everyday!!! BTW, we have requested a few demolition quotes (from some of Melbourne's well known companies) but are yet to actually receive any! Any recommendations on good, prompt, efficient demolishers are very much welcome! Thanks. Re: How does the whole demolition thing work? 2Oct 26, 2009 4:46 pm Hi mcnicks, We demolished our home of 12 years late last year in preparation to build a new home. We had the gas and electricity abolished and the phone line disconnected. The abolishment of the gas and electricity takes up to 20 working days once you put in the request. I'm not sure exactly what they do to abolish it, but the main power cable to the house (above ground) was cut, the electricity and the gas meter taken away and something done in our crossover where the gas pipe went through. The demolishes took care of the phone line (and cut it themselves) and requested that the water stay on and they would deal with it. You may have to wait until settlement to have all of them changed over into your name before you can abolish them? Not sure! Keep ringing the demolishes to get quotes, and make sure you find out if you or they pay for and organise Council Asset Protection and a demo permit. You may also need to find out from your builder if the sewerage needs to be capped, in which case the demolishes can do this. I didn't have to worry about an aborist as we don't have any protection regarding trees in my area. It was sooooo much cheaper to get the demolishes to take out the trees than an arborist.All I did was list how many I wanted saved (and put bright yellow or orange tape around them) and tell them how many I wanted out. We had 6 large trees taken out, and it took the excavator seconds to remove them! Once the demolishes started, it took them about 3 weeks to complete (too long if you'd have asked me back then!). They stripped the place of stuff they could salvage, had all the asbestos removed, then the roof tiles were removed. The house was flattened in about an hour, and then the whole site was cleaned up...that took the longest. There was a long concrete driveway, 2 sheds, paving area out the back and about 6 large trees and numerous shrubs. Total cost about $10,500. I also had to pay extra for temp fencing (and extra ontop of that as the demolishes bent a panel...), which was a Council requirement. That cost about $350 ontop of the demo costs. Most important.....I'd wait until your plans are approved before you go ahead and demolish...just in case!! I have heaps of info and pictures on my blog if you can be bothered tralling through it all! Feel free to ask any questions, though, I'll try and remember.... a lot has happened since then!! Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: How does the whole demolition thing work? 3Oct 26, 2009 7:23 pm We're doing a demo & rebuild in eastern suburbs (whitehorse council) and we're right on the cusp of getting things done! Had electricity and gas disconnected (and service lines removed, make sure that's done!) start of October. Underground power pit was paid for end of September and meant to be done by last week - I called them this afternoon and it's getting done on Wednesday, they say. Leave the water meter and tap connected for the builder. Telstra line is still in place, but we never connected after settling on the house back in June, so the demolisher will just cut it for us. Our plans for the new house were submitted to council last week and are meant to be approved Wednesday. Asset protection, we got it in our name last month, so we can use it for the demolition and transfer it for the build and finally a wider crossover. We've got our demolition booked for second week November. The house is going to be demolished, building permit or no building permit! The demo contractor organised the demo permit, but we called council to check there are no protected trees on the property. Also, we had to deal with a side easement which was a bit of a pain but ultimately we have approval from council & yarra valley water to build (eaves) over it. Anyway, there was a lot more to organise with a knock down rebuild! Like Stormy we have a blog with some info you might find useful. T&T Knockdown and rebuild - building Metr1con Nolan 41 (43) @ http://tim-and-tina.blogspot.com! http://www.verdantdental.com.au Re: How does the whole demolition thing work? 4Oct 28, 2009 12:43 pm Thanks for your info! I will be checking out your blogs. It seems like there is more work involved in getting the land cleared than actually building the house!...... Our journey begins.... We had this happen to us last year and got charged a variation. Try and give away as much as you can that is usable to charity otherwise if you are in Sydney I have a… 1 3302 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 9925 Block of two storey townhouses requires painting on the roof. A brick parapet wall separates each unit and extends above the tiled roof. The parapet walls require sealing… 0 2818 |