Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building the Santorini MK 2 by Masterton Homes 126Oct 21, 2016 1:31 pm goco Vatche A quick look at the plans and it all looks good! Only very few minor changes, mostly outside taps location, manhole location etc. Will go in detail over the weekend. One major issue is the front setback, it is 10m! I was expecting 7m, like where the current house is and like our next door neighbour. I will need to chase it up. As it is dawn now, I have more front yard then back yard! lol. Hi Vatche, Love your thread and blog! So much useful information, specially the checklist. We noticed your blog because we have a similar frontage issue as you. Our house's current frontage is 7.5 metre. One neighbour is 7 metre and the other one has a silly 11.2m frontage due to a 4m porch. According to CDC, we will have 9.4 metre front setback while our land is only 30 metres long. How did you convince CDC to reduce the frontage? We would love to know! P.S. Our council (Ryde) is requiring 6 meter frontage only. Many many thanks in advance! Probably 2 years too late, but you can get the CDC to average out the street frontage of all the houses, or 5 on each side, not just your next door neighbours, to see if that makes it any better. 4 16735 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74702 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105557 |