Hi all,
I'm in the process of building dual occupancy townhouses in established suburb (knock down old house and build new one) through one of the volume builder in Melbourne.
As part of the town planning application process, do I need to hire external architect for council plan submission?
I'm quite surprised that the builder does not have architect to submit the house plan to council, the fact the original plan is built by them?
Furthermore the cost to submit town planning report + develop house plan is up to $15K, is this normal?
Thanks all!