Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 05, 2012 3:21 pm We are building on a corner smart block. House is required to have eaves. I will have to ask council, but do you thinks eaves on a double storey can protrude into the minimum setback. They have made provision for feature walls to be .5mt into setback. The side boundary setback is 2 meters. Eaves are 45 cm. What do you think? Re: Eaves and land setback 2Jun 05, 2012 3:27 pm My house has eaves and setback was calculated to the walls, not the fascia/ guttering (outside edge of eaves). That said I didn't have to comply with any "minimum" setback requirements. I think this is something that will vary from council to council so best to give them a ring (as I guess you have already planned to do ). Re: Eaves and land setback 3Jun 05, 2012 3:47 pm Eaves can project into the minimum required setback for most councils but I think there is a minimum distance they have to be from the fence line. As you're building a double storey home the more pertinent issue is going to be overshadowing of the homes adjacent to yours - eaves don't necessarily have an impact on overshadowing but the positioning of your home in relation to the boundary certainly will. Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: Eaves and land setback 4Jun 05, 2012 9:47 pm Which state are you building. In WA you are governed by the R Codes and it specifies all set backs and how much eaves can each into the set back. Not sure how to load the R codes but a simple search can also locate them. Ciao MaRK Re: Eaves and land setback 5Jun 08, 2012 2:58 pm Thanks for responses. We are building in Victoria and will be one of then first homes in a new subdivision. Our block is small and we are trying to fit a 35 squ house, so we are pushing the boundaries in every way. I will ring council and check. Thanks again Re: Eaves and land setback 6Jun 08, 2012 7:44 pm Yeah, usually it's calculted to the walls, but there's a minimum amount of visible sky required, which eaves affect - it basically says that you have to have so much visible sky (and sunlight) between the fenceline and the eaves. Building a Delta 21 at Craigieburn - http://homeofzero.blogspot.com.au/ Deposit: 26/02. Contract: 22/05. Settlement: 29/05. Site start: 18/10. Re: Eaves and land setback 7Jun 09, 2012 8:31 am A note on setbacks. Sometimes it is not simply a local council matter. In many new developments the setbacks are governed by design rules established by the developers. When you apply for building consent in some subdivisions you have to submit your site plans etc to the developers for approval BEFORE it goes to Council. This does not apply in all cases but many new developments have strict building requirements which dictate not only setback but the type of building materials that you can use, where zero lot walls are placed on the allotment, the amount of private space allowed in the plan etc. The situation varies from state to state but in South Australia developments like St Clair and The South and The Coast subdivisions around Seaford and the Blakes Crossing development in the north have such rules. It is important to remember that you have signed to abide by these rules and when someone tells you what the Local Council will allow it isn't necessarily what you can do. This probably does not help much but it is sometimes not a matter of picking a Council compliant house design and plomping it on your block. The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 7847 Hi All, see above image. The required setback from the rear boundary in my case is 5m, as you can see the shape of the site and location of the boundary is slightly… 0 8451 This was on google. Development controls 2.3.1 Front setback D1 New buildings within residential areas shall adhere to a front building line, which is 5.5-6m to the… 1 3666 |