Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 2Jan 12, 2011 10:52 pm I have No Idea the extra cost nor where you are considering building... ...so also NI how long planning will take. However after living in a severe fire prone area for 20 plus years it usually means there is also wildlife That maybe your biggest expense... dealing with the varments LOL My FB friends would know there was a bushfire about 1k from us today ( we live on an 8 acre bush block ) on a hill .. lucky for us it went east and the water bombers managed to gain control before it got away Sorry I was probably no help at all Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 3Jan 13, 2011 10:36 am Hi, Going through this now. Building costs range from an extra $20k - $60k depending on what risk (BAL) rating your house is given. My house has to have toughened glass windows, no timber windows or doors, additional sarking, steel\aluminium mesh screens on windows and doors etc. I also have to include a 20,000l water tank for firefighting, a 3m wide driveway with adequate room for firetrucks to turn around at the top etc. The planning permits are a pain in the arse - I've spent $10k on a planning company to do all the permit submission. Had to get the CFA to do a site assessment. Still arguing with council about vegetation etc. Only need to remove 1 tree and they are having a fit. H's Emperor Q1 on acreage Site cut 16/6/11 Slab 2/8 Frame 29/8 Tiles 9/9 Bricks 13/10 Plaster 2/11 Fittings 28/11 PCI 19/3 Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 4Jan 14, 2011 8:43 am The planning Permit will depend on the local council regulations. Most of the fire regulations will be a part of the building permit & CFA approval. Where are you actually thinking of building? As for cost, well that depends on how big the house is etc. The new regulations require you to build with fire proof materials. However in a lot of instances those materials haven't been invented yet. eg. fire proof timber. I suggest you contact a builder or 2. Discuss your house design and go from there. Any answers here would be guesses. Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 5Feb 01, 2011 7:35 pm Hi We are rebuilding our house & it is in Flame Zone. There are new bushfire regulations that came into effect in May 2010 - and apparently they're only going to get worse. We have got our DA - I don't think it was held up, but you'll need a good bushfire report. We have to put metal shutters on 2 sides of our house which are really expensive + all the other stuff - water tank, ember guards on gutters & windows, 5mm glass, gyprock cladding, no timber anywhere etc. etc. Probably put the cost of our build up by as much as $100,000 - and my father-in-law's doing the build... House burned down: 3 April 2010 DA approval: 15 December 2010 (Yep, it took THAT long!) Demolition of old house: 10/02/11) 1st round of concreting: 10/03/11 http://mattnlucyp.blogspot.com/ Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 6Feb 03, 2011 7:53 am the_milesy The new regulations require you to build with fire proof materials. However in a lot of instances those materials haven't been invented yet. eg. fire proof timber. It depends on the rating. Can use brick and have aluminium windows. Timber deck changes to paved area with glass balustrade instead of wood etc. Your first step is to get a fire rating, then you can look up the requirements for your house and choose appropriate materials. In Victoria, the CFA can do an assessment. H's Emperor Q1 on acreage Site cut 16/6/11 Slab 2/8 Frame 29/8 Tiles 9/9 Bricks 13/10 Plaster 2/11 Fittings 28/11 PCI 19/3 Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 7Feb 03, 2011 11:38 am This stuff can be very frustrating and i think it's about to get worse with even tougher conditions coming in for builders and clients to adhere to. Probably not a bad time to get in and get it done before costs go up further! Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 8Feb 03, 2011 12:24 pm We have just built in a semi rural bushfire prone area. We had to meet NSW AS3959-1999 Level 1 requirements. The bushfire assessment (simple self assessment, done by myself) was submmitted as part of the build DA. Getting the NSW RFS to double check my assessment added a couple of weeks to the DA approval time, but that was probably due to council mismanagement. The extra things we had to add to our build were quite simple: - aluminium flyscreens - aluminium screen doors - all weepholes filled with mesh - ensure water tank has 10000 litres available at all times Total additional cost above what was included in our build - approx. $1000 I can see that the standard in force is now AS3959-2009, so I'm sure you'll be in for a much tougher time regardless of which BAL you have to adhere to. I can't find a summary of building requirements and you need to pay for the full document which is stupid. Good luck. CDC Housing Code 3 When to apply Floor Area external face of wall vs Gross Floor Area internal face of wall. Reading thru CDC Housing Code 3, lets take a lot 915sqm.… 0 16537 Even if it's not being sub-divided and you want to keep it as Torrens title, you will still need to talk to a town planner or Council themselves, to see if they will allow… 1 11014 Give Jonathan a call. Tell him you know me. 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