How long does a demolition permit take?

donuts · Oct 06, 2007 10:25 pm

I realise it will probably vary from council to council, but just want to see what others' experience has been.

Our application has been with council for about 4 weeks now ... waiting, waiting...

Thanks

vpande · Oct 06, 2007 11:39 pm

Took us 10 days with Monash counc!l. You can chase up the matter to speed things up in case demolition is lined up.

Pootle · Oct 07, 2007 8:00 am

Our demolisher applied for ours - had it within the week.

MaylandsManor · Oct 07, 2007 7:49 pm

we had ours in 2 weeks, but we did keep hassling them!

donuts · Oct 18, 2007 2:39 pm

Thanks for your replies guys.

They motivated me to ring the council to chase it up. They advised a permit had been issued on 29 September, so we rang the demolisher who confirmed they'd be starting taking the asbestos out THIS WEEKEND!! Exciting!

Plus, our builder called the other day to say he has architect drawings ready for us to look at! So we go to see them on Saturday too.

It's all happening...

rerob1 · Oct 18, 2007 3:40 pm

Thats great Donuts! I'm jealous!! I can't wait till they knock down our place - will have to wait until next year probably as we haven't even appointed a builder yet!! Who are you building with? How exciting!!

donuts · Oct 20, 2007 9:29 pm

Must have missed this one last time.

Ruth we are building with Western Design Homes. They are a small (? 30 homes per year - is that small?) firm who mainly build in Melb's western suburbs.

We saw our proper drawings today. Very exciting. A couple of small amendments (eg they had tiles where floorboards are going to be, and a couple of other things we hadn't decided on yet), but otherwise they look great.

Don't worry Ruth you will get there soon. With the amount of research you seem to be doing you are bound to be quicker than us. We bought our block back in March and only now is it being demolished. Slow :roll: