Browse Forums Building A New House Re: question about builder error re: setback of house 6Jul 11, 2010 4:44 pm ~*~Moved in on the 16th April 2011~*~ Re: question about builder error re: setback of house 8Jul 12, 2010 10:50 am Oceanus2 Was it on your title though? It should have been a covenant lodged on the title by Main Roads and/or the council. I've read somewhere, possibly in our building contract, that it is up to clients to disclose any covenants/easements/etc to the builder. This might sound really daft but I haven't read our title, it's an old established suburb and the bank has always held the title, ever since we boughtthe house, and when we refinanced they just transferred it to our new bank! I guess I should've made doubly sure they had checked out the setback, but the contract includes the builder doing all liaison with council and drawing up plans according to local bylaws (eg: zer lot wall guidleines etc) More fool me I suppose ~*~Moved in on the 16th April 2011~*~ Re: question about builder error re: setback of house 9Jul 12, 2010 12:23 pm Yeh, the bank will always hold the original title if there is a mortgage (the banks put a caveat on it for the mortgage), but your settlement agent should have given you a copy of it. You can buy a copy of the title that will show any covenants, easements, caveats, etc from Landgate. Hopefully it will be all sorted out soon and you can move ahead Oceanic with Nautilus upgrades. Handover 8 September 2010 Re: question about builder error re: setback of house 10Jul 13, 2010 3:23 pm Thanks I hope so too ~*~Moved in on the 16th April 2011~*~ Hi All, see above image. The required setback from the rear boundary in my case is 5m, as you can see the shape of the site and location of the boundary is slightly… 0 8473 This was on google. Development controls 2.3.1 Front setback D1 New buildings within residential areas shall adhere to a front building line, which is 5.5-6m to the… 1 3684 Thanks Draftroom that definitely helps a heap. We are still at the very early stage of planning to see what kind of house would fit on our plot. While we are on a… 3 15784 |