Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Considering OB'ing our small extension 25Apr 12, 2013 9:40 am How Hard Can it Be * plans drawn up * site report * plans approved/permit issued * OB license * insurance Who do I engage to do a 'site classifaction'? Roughly how much does this cost? As its a small extension it might be worth your while going into council and have a chat with one of their planning staff, I did and it was very helpful. In the early stages of my project I hadn't decided whether I was going to ob or not. So I started with a designing draftsman then took those plans to council informally and basically asked what do i do now. It then just becomes a (seemingly endless) series of hoops to jump through that are laid out for you. Don't be afraid of the process, and to be honest, engaging a full service builder doesn't make the process that much easier. But it does make it a whole lot cheaper. Start with the plans, that's the fun part. Re: Considering OB'ing our small extension 26Apr 12, 2013 6:24 pm sceen7 It then just becomes a (seemingly endless) series of hoops to jump through that are laid out for you. Don't be afraid of the process Start with the plans, that's the fun part. Thanks Sceen7. You know, you have hit the nail on the head here, because to be honest, although I am asking a million questions, I am starting to feel more confident in the fact that it will all somehow fall into place. I am almost prepared to say "let's do it" without doing any proper costings - because I feel that we can just bite the bullet and go for it. But something is telling me I should at least prepare a budget/cost sheet and make sure we know what we are getting in for first. And thanks for the tip about going into the council, I had thought of this and will try to get to it as part of our 'research' stage. One thing, not sure what you mean by this : sceen7 and to be honest, engaging a full service builder doesn't make the process that much easier. But it does make it a whole lot cheaper. Start with the plans, that's the fun part. What do you mean by engaging a "full service builder makes it a whole lot cheaper"?? Are you saying we should get someone who can oversee the whole project - and this will make it cheaper?? Sorry - not understanding. Thanks again. HHCIB Re: Considering OB'ing our small extension 27Apr 13, 2013 10:07 am Ahhh yes my bad, what I meant is that a full service builder didn't ,for us, make the process easier. However OBing makes it a whole lot cheaper. sorry Re: Considering OB'ing our small extension 28Apr 23, 2013 5:47 pm After my initial 'enthusiasm', I've been a bit quiet in here of late. Two reasons, one is that we mainly now just need to think about it all and decide which way to go - but also, we have had our ensuite bathroom in 'renovation' phase for about 4 months (a whole other story ) and we are starting to make progress on putting that back together, so that has been our focus of late. Once we do our bathroom, it will set the ball in motion to do our laundry also (it needs cupboards and storage) and in turn, a few other bits and pieces around the house (like demolishing an existing fire place)..... so our focus has shifted somewhat whilst we tackle these on going issues. But we are still very much considering the extension. Funnily, I had a friend over the other day, and she reckons we should hold off for now. Her theory is (and I have heard a couple of other people say similar things recently), that because our kids are still so little, what we think we want now in terms of space, will change as they grow a bit older - so perhaps we should hold off for 5yrs and review what our needs are then. All food for thought.... but just wanted to let those of you that helped out and gave their invaluable advice and guidance, that I am still 'here' - pondering. . HHCIB Hi all, We are looking to build a new two storey house in western Sydney. Can anyone recommend a smallish builder to go with? We are trying to stay away from the big… 0 12724 consider putting in wall WC instead of robe in the same bedroom, then it might be doable to hook up to the existing piping. 4 7028 Hey, I am wanting to add a second toilet to my house, bit we have limited room. There is a hallway/entry that is never used, so was thinking this could be an option. Only… 0 5193 |