Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Jan 25, 2013 12:07 am Hi guys, I have an open carport and wish to turn into a home Salon for my wife's business. At the moment it has a Automatic front roller shutter door and the one side and rear is the usual open style to the rear of the back yard. Power and plumbing etc i can deal with but i have no building exp. 1 do i have to get planning permission for this if i use dry wall and not using bricks etc? 2. The roller door will be removed and french doors put in to match the other french doors on the other side of the front of the house. 3. Presume if its a business then i would need permits etc? but what is it was just like a romper room? Any help to get me started would be great.. cheers. Re: Converting a Open carport to a Hair Salon 2Jan 25, 2013 8:00 am You definitely will need Council permission for both exercises I'd do it in 2 stages. First give your local council building dept a call and explain what you want to do re the Carport and closing it in. You will need to submit a plan of what you intend to build as well as other documentation and depending how close your carport sits to the boundary you may need to meet new Regulations once you enclose it but they will help you with all that. So First - You want to change the carport to a room (Playroom or whatever) So do the planning and building work for that Once that's done you will need to deal with a different council department to get permission to run a business from home. I'd imagine things like Parking, hours of operation, traffic expected etc will all come into it but have no real idea on that part. Again local council will point you in the right direction (Or you could do the work from home thing first get that approved then worry about the garage. At least that way you know your wife is allowed to run her business from home and you are not wasting your money closing in your carport) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=44762 My Owner builder journey extending a 1930's Bungalow Re: Converting a Open carport to a Hair Salon 3Jan 25, 2013 9:37 am Hi Docker, Cheers for the quick reply.. So would there need to be a different build quality reqd if the room was going to be playroom or a Salon? or same build code for both? The only difference i would think would just have to be the plumbing for the wash station. But a business may need extra detail if we have customers on the premises? Cheers. Re: Converting a Open carport to a Hair Salon 4Jan 25, 2013 9:47 am Docker is right. Only thing I'd add is the neighbours. I've seen a similar thing - not hairdressing - that caused issues after the event. Maybe get them on side too. People can get annoyed quickly if "visitors" park on "their" nature strip etc. Maybe offer the neighbours a discount. We had a neighbour who did massage (no - not that type ... ) and she offered a cheaper price to the women around. She even offered a free massage to me - and then picked SOO night for it ... We were all good friends though. Re: Converting a Open carport to a Hair Salon 5Jan 25, 2013 10:30 pm Hi guys, should be kool as we already cut every ones hair in the neighborhood plus both sides of next doors neighbors plus we can fit 3-4 cars on the drive.... will put some pics up next week and you then can see if it seems an easy build.. Thanks guys.... this forum is awesome for info!! Re: Converting a Open carport to a Hair Salon 6Jan 26, 2013 7:59 am Perthguy Hi Docker, Cheers for the quick reply.. So would there need to be a different build quality reqd if the room was going to be playroom or a Salon? or same build code for both? The only difference i would think would just have to be the plumbing for the wash station. But a business may need extra detail if we have customers on the premises? Cheers. It will be the same Building code (BCA or Building code of Australia) so that will be your minimum design guideline. Being an add-on there will need to be suitable exits in the case of fire. But that's all standard stuff in the BCA and you shouldn't need to worry yourself about it. Once you have plans drawn by a Draftsman that should all be included to meet those requirements. The interior fitout though being a business may need to meet certain council guidelines as may Rubbish removal (being residential) possibly disabled access, but again all things your Council can answer easily for you. https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=44762 My Owner builder journey extending a 1930's Bungalow 2 9458 If I hire a contractor to convert a window to a sliding door will I need to show them Council approval paperwork? That is, if I want to take a risk of carrying out the… 0 13011 start from at least $20,000 just for fixtures and finishes and then add on for moving plumbing and extra for a concrete floored house last new bathroom we installed in a… 1 19593 |