My dad is thinking about rebuilding our house at the moment. He doesn't want to get a huge loan from the bank because he's sick of having a mortgage, so he's doing things slowly. He wants to build a double story, double brick home. We live in Western Sydney
He wants to build the house in such a way where from the outside, it appears to be a completed home. However, in reality, only the first floor will be completed, and the top floor will be completed externally only. Once he has the funds, he will complete the top floor.
He wants to know if the council will allow this to be done. I've called up, and no one at the council seems to know what they're even talking about.
The other thing that he wants to know is about builders and what not. We've gone to a few places like Masterton, and the prices for what dad wants is a minimum of $350,000 for the basics, without it being a double brick house. What are the steps we need to take to build our own home?