Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Built an EB Memphis28Mk3 20Feb 03, 2009 2:29 pm Hi Leonard,
I only found your posts today. We just finished building in the Hornsby shire council area. Looking back, I suggest you WAIT before demolishing your house. Are you renting? Or are you living in the house? It is important that you get a DA for the demo, but wait until you have the DA for the house before you demo the house. We made the big mistake of demo our house first. The empty land after was a target for people dumping rubbish. The site was also overgrown with weeds and we had to get another excavator to remove the weeds and topsoil before our builder was willing to build. See my blog. Don't worry about the trees that will be in your lounge! Wait until you have DA for house. Any trees within 3m of the building area is automatically given the all clear to remove! Once you know which tree, you can get the demo guy to remove all at the same time. Hornsby only require concept plan for landscape. Make sure you put in all the retaining walls, fence or any hard landscape so you don't need a seperate DA for them later. Any retaining wall or structures within 2m of boundary would need a DA. Don't worry about putting in plants or names. If you do, you are obliged to plant them later. Just hard structures is enough. We are removing almost 15 trees, most natives. There was no requirement to replant them. If you need any more info, pm me. Good luck. Have fun. Sammy DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair We purchased a 1960s property that is on timber stumps mostly, and a newer section is on concrete stumps. We had a building inspection initially and they reported some… 0 9619 Strong enough for what? For linen, absolutely. To climb on, no. I've got similar shelving in my garage and it holds a decent amount of weight. 900 wide shelves will carry… 1 2970 Probably a not bad thing to mention particle board should in case anyone else reading this got the two confused. 6 3521 |