Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who needs to pay for crossover?! Help! 3Apr 14, 2010 11:36 am Budde Design 3D Architecural Visualizations, Architectural Rendering, Artist Impressions, 2D & 3D floor plans http://www.buddedesign.com nathan@buddedesign.com Re: Who needs to pay for crossover?! Help! 5Apr 14, 2010 12:03 pm Building "DOMAYNE" through COMMODORE HOMES in Pearsall WA Slab down 15-01-2010 Handover 16-06-2010 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=29049 Re: Who needs to pay for crossover?! Help! 14Apr 14, 2010 2:40 pm Building The Amberlea 44 Fusion Home http://www.amberleadream.blogspot.com Land settled May 10!! Building commenced 30 Jun 10. Re: Who needs to pay for crossover?! Help! 15Apr 14, 2010 6:41 pm Emmahi Thanks for everyone's responses. I'm in Vic btw @Borg - The land was subdivided, and I have looked again through the section 32, and the only thing I can find that relates to this is under Planning & Road Access, which says is that the responsible authority is the Council. I think I might just have to ring the Estate Agent & find out what her take on it all is, and go from there. Emmahi, payment for construction of crossovers in Vic has historically always been the owner's responsibility, even though they're on council land. Our first house was in a new subdivision and none of us had crossovers. To get to our driveway from the road, we spread some gravel and just lived with that for the first year or so, then eventually got a permit and excavated and concreted the crossover ourselves (yes, we were stingy ). These days councils usually require developers of new estates to provide and pay for all infrastructure, including roads, street lights, parks, nature strip plantings and so on, and most developers usually do the crossover as part of the road/kerb/footpath construction. Depending on the council, it may be compulsory.... or it may not. I suggest you check with the council; they'll be able to tell you. It's a bit of a PITA if you have to do it, but not a huge big deal. There's the extra cost, but a few square metres of plain concrete can't cost that much.... You'll be able to get a permit application from the council and just find a concreter to do the work for you. Or maybe your builder will do it for a reasonable amount, as long as you've done the work with the permit. Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20470 Hi there, long-time lurker but first time posting. I've bought a house 2 and a bit years ago and last year we had some major water damage on a converted pergola area… 0 7945 Yes, unless you are in a low intensity rainfall area or the area is protected from rain. Do you have access to NCC Part 2 or can you download it? I can email you a copy… 10 12542 |