Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 14, 2016 8:02 am Has anyone had experience with getting a Knock Down Rebuild in a Heritage Conservation Area in Sydney North Shore? What are some of the issues you need to work through and is it better to use a local architect or can you get it through with a custom builder? Hi Minho I have heaps of experience in Ku-ring-gai with both DAs and CDC ( this is the main area we build in). DA's are taking 12-18months and CDC's we have been doing… 1 3166 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37157 The biggest challenge will be if you take out a loan and then run out of money - you'll have an incomplete security and lenders do not like this so you can get stuck.… 2 19114 |