Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Incorporate granny flat into new house 10Jul 08, 2018 11:50 pm gogo65 - how lovely to have such a large site! That might be why the issue of min outdoor space for GF didn’t come up! We’ve got a suburban 800m2. Anyway here’s a link, scroll down to Site Plan for that condition. https://www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/files/s ... llings.pdf Re: Incorporate granny flat into new house 11Jul 09, 2018 12:36 am Hillsbuilds @gogo65 - how lovely to have such a large site! That might be why the issue of min outdoor space for GF didn’t come up! We’ve got a suburban 800m2. Anyway here’s a link, scroll down to Site Plan for that condition. https://www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/files/s ... llings.pdf Thanks for link! We are zoned RU2 (rural landscape), so maybe that’s the difference, we originally thought we had a 60sqm restriction but council showed me the clause that allows 20% of the size of main dwelling (architect also confirmed). We are selling our current home which we built 6 years ago on a 700m2 lot. We were spoilt with a 1500sqm block in castle hill prior to building in Kellyville, so we’ve been on the hunt for a small acreage for about 2 years. Are you building attached or detached? We are still waiting for our first draft of plans but builder has said better (cheaper!) to be attached so will attach via a carport. Re: Incorporate granny flat into new house 12Jul 09, 2018 10:21 pm gogo65 - ours is a KDRB, with attached GF. My parents built the original house 25 years ago with Allworth. I’m hoping to start a thread when demolition takes place, but we’ve hit many delays. Worst was waiting 3 months for Sydney Water to sort out an error on their hydra drawings. Currently waiting for CC. It’s almost like waiting for the first trimester to be over before announcing a pregnancy! Kylie15 - sorry for hijacking your thread! We looked at volume builders too and decided to go the architect/custom build route as things like orientation and passive design principles are important to us. Pricier of course but we get a house designed specifically for our family’s needs. Re: Incorporate granny flat into new house 13Jul 09, 2018 11:01 pm Hillsbuild, maybe we will be building at a similar time.... We have chosen a small custom builder that specialises in acreage homes in the hills area, also looking to make the most of the north facing back yard and bush views. Im hoping we can start in the new year and be in by Christmas 2019...we will see. Ill also start a thread when I have my first concept plans in my hot little hands. Who are you building with? Re: Incorporate granny flat into new house 15Jul 09, 2018 11:12 pm Lol, NO gogo65! We started the design process in dec 2016. Council approval early this year, hoping to start demo in the next couple of weeks, ie way before the new year! If we are further delayed till then I’ll just curl up into a ball on the floor right now. We’ve selected our builder and they’ve actually done quite a bit of prelim work for us already, however we haven’t formally signed with them, so I don’t want to mention them by name yet. Re: Incorporate granny flat into new house 17Aug 24, 2018 7:02 pm I am looking at building an attached granny flat but worried about the noise between shared walls. Builder has recommended a Boral Fire rated wall product and claimed the acoustics dampening between the two walls will be similar to double brick. Can anyone comment that this is the case? Obviously double brick wall between main house and granny flat will be very expensive. Thanks. hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 947 I would suggest you simply go and talk to council about your proposal, most councils are getting onboard with ancillary dwellings. There is no benefit in keeping it… 1 2811 I think I know the answer but just checking to see if anyone has had experience with it. I want to build a small 20 square metre retreat in my backyard, it will have a… 0 8730 |