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Well, most of the granny flats rented out have landlords living next to the tenants. In my case (corner block) the tenants will access their flat via different street and will not have windows overlooking my backyard. So I am better off then most people in this situation. Please feel free...

If this is a problem I can rent it out via an agency and tell the agent not to disclose that I am a landlord, I can pretend I am a renter too. Besides we have rental shortage here in Sydney so the tenant who gives me trouble won't stay there for long.

This is the situation when the majority doesn't care and the minority is ignored. My neighbor across the road has his garage put forward by 1 meter. Most of the garages on the street are either put forward or in line with the building. Would they care about council banning this type of...

Yep, and the stupid rules are there for a stupid reason. I doubt, that thousands of people took to the streets to demand garages to be set back by a meter. It was some government bureaucrat, who decided to push through his or her understanding of beauty. Why do we need those bureaucrats, who...

Already did, and they said, that the best way to get a concession is to take the purpose of the regulation and try to satisfy it some other way, which I think I can.

Thanks for the advice, but I am aware of the tax, besides at some point, when I was single I was renting out a room in my house, so it will attract tax when sold anyway. I am hoping to hold it for a long time, perhaps until I we retire and cash flow is more important to me at the moment then...

It is all about personal circumstances and preferences, isn't it? The granny flat is needed to lower the burden of the construction loan and get a new house sooner. I am on a corner block and the granny flat tenants will have separate entry and will not overlook the backyard, so privacy is...

I didn't get you, sorry. Are you saying that I should just accept the first CDC design the architect gave me even though it takes most of my backyard and does not achieve what I want to achieve from the new house? An architect wants the job done ASAP and just get his/her money. The owner...

On the secondary frontage I am allowed to build 2 meters from the boundary and my garage is 8 meters.

I want more privacy, so I am trying to face everything for myself to the primary street and the granny flat to the secondary street. If I put the garage on the secondary street, this would mean, I would have to locate the garage near the side boundary, then put the granny flat near the corner...

It is 758sqm, the frontage which the garage is facing is around 21 meters. Here is my survey report: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roustam/12100406543/

Hi, I am planning to build a new house and a granny flat. They recently passed a new law requiring garages to be set back by 1 meter from the house frontage, so to make sure the garage door "does not dominate the building" and to improve the overall look of the new house. I am going through a...