Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Advice please: Dual occ in Bayside, Vic 9Jan 06, 2021 11:42 am https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Advice please: Dual occ in Bayside, Vic 10Jan 12, 2021 11:23 am A few other costs to consider with a dual occupancy: - Upgrade from overhead electricity to underground pit: $3-$6k - Water utility charge incl. dual water meters with potential second mains tapping required: $2k - $3k (without tapping); $10k (with tapping) - Land surveyor to prepare plan of subdivision: $3-4k - Council fees for subdivision: $1.5-$2k (excl. planning permit fees) - NBN development fee for dual connections: $1.5k plus $300 per unit connection fee - Adequate storm water solution: on-site detention (up to $10k) and/or upgrade connection to Council storm water and/or new easement through neighbour's property. This is something to investigate with Council before permit stage. - Building surveyor (must be engaged by you, not the builder): $6-7k - Random Council fees - allow $2-3k The pool is likely to require significant fill (soil) as part of demolition and site preparation works, and this will also affect your soil classification. Assuming a 6x3x2m pool area (36m3), you could be looking at $5-7k worth of soil and earthmoving costs to fill and compact the pool area. Your slab may also require extra strengthening if it is built over the previous pool area. Re: Advice please: Dual occ in Bayside, Vic 11May 30, 2021 10:42 pm Hi Mate, we are also building a dual occ (side by side) in Bayside on a 600m2 land. However we have engaged with a draftsman to do our plans and permits and would look for a builder later to do the build. We are still in the planning/design phase with our draftsman. Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 15521 I have posted this before: We hired Darbecca to do every stage inspection, and I strongly recommend them to anyone that asks me. They were amazing. Thorough reports… 2 4479 A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 5799 |