Browse Forums Building A New House Re: changing windows after development approval 2Jan 10, 2020 8:57 am The builder will have told you that at the pre-start meeting it will already be too late to make any structural changes and a window change is considered to be one. Sorry, bad luck. If the builder is happy though for you to change, the worst thing he can do is charge you for the change and call it an "engineering change" - fake, they should only charge you for the time of drawing changes. Why tell council about it, just sneak it in, it will not be a contravention of the R-Codes (residential codes). Re: changing windows after development approval 3Jan 10, 2020 3:14 pm d.ttn Hi, We received development approval last week but have decided to move one of our windows. Will this require us to resubmit to council? I cant seem to find any information about it online. Thanks Re: changing windows after development approval 4Jan 10, 2020 3:18 pm domwild The builder will have told you that at the pre-start meeting it will already be too late to make any structural changes and a window change is considered to be one. Sorry, bad luck. If the builder is happy though for you to change, the worst thing he can do is charge you for the change and call it an "engineering change" - fake, they should only charge you for the time of drawing changes. Why tell council about it, just sneak it in, it will not be a contravention of the R-Codes (residential codes). Re: changing windows after development approval 6Jan 10, 2020 5:07 pm Sorry, Dooza, it will hopefully not be a DA, as a development approval takes three months; in my case, where council knocked something back, it just had to be fixed OR else a DA is required if one decides to leave it. Last message before mine: Correct, there are rules, but as long as it is only a minor shift, why tell council? The R-Codes are on the web and even you and I might be able to check. Hi All, I'm new here! I'm in a block of 4 apartments (Waverley council) and looking to change a window to a sliding door. The window faces an enclosed garden (with a… 0 5524 How much are you ahead in payments compared to where the build is at? Have you fully drawn down the loan? 5 11893 Hi, does anyone have a clue how the Brisbane Development website work in terms of how uptodate the dates on it are (developmenti.brisbane.qld.gov.au). I transfered… 0 4621 |