Can someone please explain the rules regarding having eaves or verandahs over boundary setbacks.
Our block has a four metre setback at the front. I think this means that the front house wall needs to be four metres back from the footpath but I'm not sure about the portico or verandah. We have to have a verandah or portico taking up at least 40% of the house frontage. So does this mean that the verandah and it's pillars can be within the four metres setback ie around three metres from the footpath?
We also have a one metre setback from the side boundary. Does this mean that the wall has to be one metre from the fence but the eave can be over this one metre boundary?
We have a reasonably small block and will be filling most of the available room with house or alfrescos. Just trying to get our heads around the rules. We have a huge garden at the moment and are looking forward to having something much more manageable.