Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Getting a new design past council and others 8Jul 04, 2007 3:38 pm jezzcb We are planning on designing our own place and we will be needing to get a draftsman to finalize our simple plans. But is it possible to get the council to look at the plans first and tell us if they have any big problems with the design before we get a draftsman to finish it off? On the other hand, are there any companies that sell house designs that we can use ourselves without having to go to so much trouble? Jezz We did something similar to what you want to do. We had a custom design that was loosely based on the council development rules (set backs, open space etc.). We got our architect to draw up the plan and took it to the council to have a look at. They got back to us with a list of things we should change. Some of them were ridiculous, others made sense, so we fixed up some issues and left the rest. The design got through first pop and some of the original concerns were never bought up! They did however lay a few conditions on our design, like ceiling fans in the 2nd and 3rd bedroom? Can't tell you why. And a 30cm retaining wall with stairs and a balustrade for near flat land?! Re: Getting a new design past council and others 9Jul 04, 2007 5:04 pm double07 We did something similar to what you want to do. We had a custom design that was loosely based on the council development rules (set backs, open space etc.). We got our architect to draw up the plan and took it to the council to have a look at. They got back to us with a list of things we should change. Some of them were ridiculous, others made sense, so we fixed up some issues and left the rest. The design got through first pop and some of the original concerns were never bought up! They did however lay a few conditions on our design, like ceiling fans in the 2nd and 3rd bedroom? Can't tell you why. And a 30cm retaining wall with stairs and a balustrade for near flat land?! I heard that sometimes it depends on which person was assigned to look after your application. If you got knock back the first time, the second one might have totally different idea of what can/can't be done... Cheers Allan http://building-our-first-house.blogspot.com/ Re: Getting a new design past council and others 10Jul 05, 2007 10:47 am ahuang double07 We did something similar to what you want to do. We had a custom design that was loosely based on the council development rules (set backs, open space etc.). We got our architect to draw up the plan and took it to the council to have a look at. They got back to us with a list of things we should change. Some of them were ridiculous, others made sense, so we fixed up some issues and left the rest. The design got through first pop and some of the original concerns were never bought up! They did however lay a few conditions on our design, like ceiling fans in the 2nd and 3rd bedroom? Can't tell you why. And a 30cm retaining wall with stairs and a balustrade for near flat land?! I heard that sometimes it depends on which person was assigned to look after your application. If you got knock back the first time, the second one might have totally different idea of what can/can't be done... Sure seems to be the case. We just recently moved in and I was worried they weren't going to let us move in yet because our stormwater, driveway etc. haven't been done yet. One guy I spoke to said it must be done before we move in, I then rang back and asked to speak to a council engineer and he said of course we can move in, as long as our stormwater isn't spilling into neighbours properties. He was more concerned about me getting our applications in for the driveway and stormwater crossovers! Re: Getting a new design past council and others 11Jul 06, 2007 6:59 pm Apparantly there are no local drafters in the area we are planing to build. Can anybody recommend a good drafter in Tas? Does the drafter have to be in Tasmania or could I hire a drafter in any area of Australia?
Jezz Re: Getting a new design past council and others 12Jul 06, 2007 7:21 pm Jezz a 'drafting' firm needs to be registered in Tas
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