Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Feb 06, 2013 8:38 am Does anyone know what the rules or regulations in VIC that you need to abide by to get temporary occupancy within a partially completed new house? My understanding is sleeping facilities, functioning toilet (so for us that means commissioning the septic), cooking facilities (inc exhaust fan and splashback), sink (laundry sink is sufficient), working smoke detectors and the house generally safe (all pre-wired elecs terminated, any active elecs with sufficient coverage so that you cant reach the wires behind, all ramps and balustrading in place). But I could be horribly wrong. Our 'plan' is to have a builder complete the build to lock up (complex slab and lots of steel plus I get warranty on the structure) and then take over to complete. We need to sell our current place to have sufficient funds to complete the build and have always known that we would need to rent or live in a caravan at some point during the fitout phase. However if we are allowed, we would do 2 bedrooms plus the shared ensuite between them, make the laundry the temporary kitchen and install the staircase and balustrading to the attic/media room, and then move in! (knowing full well DW is going to be uncomfortable with the amount of dust and noise even if she is saying 'no no it will be good fun') Any info greatly appreciated. RiH Re: Temporary occupancy rules (VIC) for a new build 2Feb 11, 2013 12:51 pm I think the term you are after is Interim Occupation Certificate. If you do a search on the forums using the IOC as your search criteria , you should get a few relevant threads and info. Stewie Re: Temporary occupancy rules (VIC) for a new build 3Mar 21, 2013 11:08 am the best person too ask is your council inspector some are very lenient some are not but at the end of the day he is the one who will decide if you can or cant give him a ring explain your situation and he will tell you exactly what he wants we had very very basic and should never have gotten our occupancy but i smiled right and got away with it the new inspector said he would never have allowed us seems theres ment to be a standard but there isnt its up to the inspector end of the day good luck and suck up as much as you can they have big egos lol stay safe happy building Re: Temporary occupancy rules (VIC) for a new build 4Apr 07, 2013 2:41 pm Thanks Shelley. According to our builder, the private inspector is a bit a of a stickler so I will wait and see how the builder gets on with him before raising the temp. occupancy option. Luckily for me, I'm a thorough analytical SOB so his 'attitude' wont stress me that much. Regards RiH Hi JW I just read your post and I find this situation quite strange. When we build, we get a temp pole for construction which becomes the permanent pole for one of the… 1 3999 Hi all, Not sure if this is a good place for this question but I guess we'll find out! I'm a novice, building a modular room inside my garage/shed and need to create… 0 1906 1 1998 |