Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Oct 11, 2011 11:11 pm Hi there, I just bought a high set brick house and is going to renovate the house. Brisbane City Council says that it will need building certification for any internal renovation. What should I start with? Do you normally engage a designer? Thanks, Bob Re: How do I start my renovation 2Oct 12, 2011 8:12 am You haven't given us much info to work on ? What are you doing to it ? A lick of paint ? Pulling walls down ? Adding an extension ? Changing the layout ? And building certification for any internal work ? Must have some strange laws up that way, if it's inside the house you can do what you want without permission in SA. If you are pulling walls down or adding them, you need to check load bearing, but that's it. Re: How do I start my renovation 3Oct 13, 2011 12:46 am hi eyspy, thanks for your response. it is a highset brick house over 30 year old. There are 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, 1 kitchen, dinning & living upsairs. Downstairs are laundry, WC, rumps and double garage with 2.1m height. My plan is to change dinning and living to 2 bedrooms and make the kitchen to the ensuit of main bedroom (dinning area). I will build a kitchen downstairs, change the WC to the 3rd bath, ramps into a dinning and living area. I might even consider change the double garage into two utility rooms too. At last, I hope that I can add a car port in front of the house and build a patio at the back. Does this sound crazy for you? can you please give me some comments or ideas? cheers, Bob Hello Josh, This is Irving from PRIMA, we are a manufacturer of the staircase, railings, kitchen cabinets, windows, doors from China. If you have requirement to purchase… 0 5456 Coming back to your old stomping grounds, huh? Renovations on a budget can be quite the journey. It's like giving your house a new lease on life. The twist of not knowing… 1 3475 Assuming the structure of your cabinetry is good then I would DIY everything as follows: - replace your counter tops entirely, - replace all drawer runners with soft close… 1 4782 |