Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Mar 12, 2023 5:16 pm I purchased a vacant block just over 1100sqm. There are no boundary pegs, so I contacted a surveyor and he will be sending a quote through this coming week. I forgot to ask him to quote for some sort of feature map too so I'll have to call him tomorrow. Is a feature map good enough to start planning the build or do I need more? I'm trying to keep the price as low as possible.
Thanks Edit: the block is on a slight slope, the engineer who did the soil assessment guessed it was roughly 7 degrees. Re: Vacant block surveying - what should I ask for? 2Mar 12, 2023 5:41 pm j4382 I purchased a vacant block just over 1100sqm. There are no boundary pegs, so I contacted a surveyor and he will be sending a quote through this coming week. I forgot to ask him to quote for some sort of feature map too so I'll have to call him tomorrow. Is a feature map good enough to start planning the build or do I need more? I'm trying to keep the price as low as possible. Thanks Edit: the block is on a slight slope, the engineer who did the soil assessment guessed it was roughly 7 degrees. You need a contour plan for your design and engineering. Once you have your design and DA sorted you get the site marked out by the surveyor with boundary points and offset marks for your building layout. Re: Vacant block surveying - what should I ask for? 3Mar 12, 2023 7:39 pm Brianaurum j4382 I purchased a vacant block just over 1100sqm. There are no boundary pegs, so I contacted a surveyor and he will be sending a quote through this coming week. I forgot to ask him to quote for some sort of feature map too so I'll have to call him tomorrow. Is a feature map good enough to start planning the build or do I need more? I'm trying to keep the price as low as possible. Thanks Edit: the block is on a slight slope, the engineer who did the soil assessment guessed it was roughly 7 degrees. You need a contour plan for your design and engineering. Once you have your design and DA sorted you get the site marked out by the surveyor with boundary points and offset marks for your building layout. That makes a lot of sense, I'll change the quote request tomorrow. This is the sort of answer I was hoping for, thank you very much. Re: Vacant block surveying - what should I ask for? 4Mar 12, 2023 8:04 pm j4382 Brianaurum j4382 I purchased a vacant block just over 1100sqm. There are no boundary pegs, so I contacted a surveyor and he will be sending a quote through this coming week. I forgot to ask him to quote for some sort of feature map too so I'll have to call him tomorrow. Is a feature map good enough to start planning the build or do I need more? I'm trying to keep the price as low as possible. Thanks Edit: the block is on a slight slope, the engineer who did the soil assessment guessed it was roughly 7 degrees. You need a contour plan for your design and engineering. Once you have your design and DA sorted you get the site marked out by the surveyor with boundary points and offset marks for your building layout. That makes a lot of sense, I'll change the quote request tomorrow. This is the sort of answer I was hoping for, thank you very much. The surveyor should be able to tell you how they normally do new single lot developments. Re: Vacant block surveying - what should I ask for? 5Nov 06, 2023 8:05 am Your kinda doing this arse about. Engage in a draftsman/architect first. They will guide you on what you need to do. You risk soil test being done in the wrong location etc. otherwise I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15753 Ardo That is so funny! I wonder how many people know who Larry Haun is these days. I have a couple of young guys we call Mo 1 & Mo 2 who run a crew of 6 boys and… 9 15747 i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16367 |