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I would spend a couple of hundred bucks on a second hand portable gas heater for them and say it's broken so don't use it, but here is your allternative. I'd be telling them that their bills will go off the roof because u are heating parts of the house u are not using.

Yeah they should be able to if it does not affect anyone else. Why shouldn't they? Sadly enough, there are plenty of nosey, Ppl out there with nothing else better to do than to stick their noses into neighbour's business and whinge about how they think Ppl should behave. If it doesn't...

1. Yes you need to call a plumber, Depending on the council, you may not need council approval to build extra toilet. You DO need to tell the Waterboard that you will be connecting another toilet to the sewer. The council and Waterboard are not the same entity. This application can only be...

As a ball park figure, and assuming worse case scenario. i.e. having to jackhammer concrete to run new sewer pipes I would budget about 10k for the new toilet and bathroom which includes new tiles, toilet, shower and plumbing and labour, using average finishes. Its hard to say without more...

Thanks for your thoughts Datto. There is no sewer pipes running along the ground, I did a whole bunch of plumbing/sewer work a several years back so i know exactly where they run. This was what i intended to do. But now I'm thinking to just hire a builder to dig trenches and construct the...

Its probably easier to just pour the ($300+$250) into over engineering the foundations, like you said instead of putting the money into analysis and consultation. Tigerboy mentioned (800 deep x 300 wide), so maybe foundations that are 900 x 400 would suffice. I picked up a bunch of Austral...

Hell no, I I'm gonna hire cheap laborers to do all that :D

No building permits are required if it is 1.2 metres and below. It falls under complying development codes. It just needs to be built and comply with building codes and regulations, which is why I am asking about depth of foundations. To be honest brick laying is not rocket science, and yes...

Thanks for the offer, and I guess local council is where I find the soil classification right?

Everything else sounds like its straight forward and wont chew up much time, but one thing that I noticed would was your cabling for conduit. Cabling can be very time consuming and it depends on what hurdles he had to jump through to get there. These are very conservative generous...

You can go to the library and borrow a book called Rawlinson Construction Manual 2013 ( or something) and it will give you an idea of how to estimate costs, and as well as current hourly rates etc... The book is quite straight forward and a good place to start.

Hi, Does anyone know or know where I can find info on the minimum dimensions/depth of concrete foundations that is required if I want to build a double brick fence that is about 5 meters long and 1.2. meters tall. With one post on each end about 1.6 meters high. I'm looking to build it...

This is a positive indication that it is not a big issue, but it is just one data point of the many that you should consider before committing to anything. Depending on your risk profile perhaps this and a building inspection is enough for you. As long as you can sleep at night I guess.

You will have the same problem with a structural engineer. They will come in and do a visual inspection tell you what you need to know and make a disclaimer to say that all that was done was a high level visual inspection. It will cost you BIG $$$ to get proper testing done, and that may cause...

It is very difficult to conclude from the pictures available as the render is hiding whether there are cracks in the bricks. But given that this is the only information you have then it's best to do a building report and explicitly state to the building inspector whether they can dig deeper to...

Hey everyone, We figured that it will potentially add another 10-15k in build cost which makes the investment not worth while, but so it's on to the next. Had a look at some places on the weekend and this one is pretty much the same but without the flood issues.

Hi Brazen/Nek Thanks for that insight. It feels like a cold bucket of water has been poured over me (a flood plain's worth) I'm going to assess the numbers talk to the stakeholders to make sure I'm not walking away from a good deal.

Hey everyone, Thanks again for your clarification on the 1 in 100 year definition. I managed to eventually get the contract and this is exactly what it says: Section 7A Flood related development controls information Whether or not development on that land or part of the land for purposes of...

Hey guys, Some pics of the property. Backyard1 is the rear boundary where I want the new granny flat. Backyard 2 is where the old granny flat use to be.

Ok so i went to the property to do an initial site inspection take some measurements etc. Unfortunately I couldnt find out where exactly and how far from the rear boundary the sewer line crosses. I was hoping to find a something that will make it obvious. I've come to accept that I will have to...