Hi there
I have been lurking on this site for a week or so, and must say that it is a brilliant resource!
We live on the northside of Brisbane. After swinging backwards and forwards about adding an extension onto our current home vs. building a new home, we have finally made the decision to start from scratch.
We have our eye on a block at the moment, which is to be released very soon. I’ve been doing my homework and have been onto the council website looking at the development application.
The block is 740m2 with a 16.8m frontage. The sewer line runs to the front of the property along the road.
There is quite an area of fill to the front of the block – (probably the first ¼ of the block is fill) – and the front of the block and part of one side is to be retained with a “Steel Reinforced Concrete Block Retaining Wall” – leaving an opening for the driveway at the front . What sort of problems might we run into with fill on the block? The plan says that “All fill is to be compacted in accordance with Brisbane City Council guidelines”. “Fill shall be compacted in layers not exceeding 300mm thick, to not less than 95% density ratio.” “Fill material shall comprise only natural earth and rock”.
Would there be extra costs involved to reinforce the foundations of the house over an area of fill? Would we be best to look for a block without any fill involved?
Thanks in advance
Kylie