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So could they move into the main bedroom upstairs? Put all their furniture upstairs?

So you're planning on letting out the whole downstairs to one family? And will they be "tenants" or "residents" or "boarders/lodgers"?

I'm not sure I understand this, as I thought it was your property. Or do you mean that you're planning on moving out and renting out the whole premises to one other party?

I think it comes down to how much risk you're willing to accept; Tim's obviously comfortable with the risk re insurance, whereas I wouldn't sleep at night if I thought my insurance may be invalidated. Further, Brisbane City Council do prosecute these matters and I think I recall that fines...

Last time I checked. But that's OK. :)

No, but single households don't usually have locks on bedroom doors; other members of the household can walk in and out. The presence of locks on the doors would be more evidence that those bedrooms are being used by people who are not part of a single household. I'm not trying to rain on...

Surely people are wanting to learn and find out what's possible for themselves. If this plan isn't viable, I would think that's rather on point.

Right, that's precisely my point - by putting in the kitchen facilities downstairs you've defeated any claim that it's not a dual occupancy...

Oh, so the individual rooms won't be lockable?

I honestly don't know if the planning has loosened a lot since I last looked into it, or whether you're mistaken. My understanding is as follows. You don't want to be rooming accommodation because you're not zoned for multi-tenancy, so you want your tenants to be "tenants" (per the...

It's not the building code I was concerned about but the planning. Do you have a development approval for multi-family occupancy? :confused:

I'm having trouble overlaying these images onto your floor plan on the first page. Where is the internal connection to upstairs? Also, the kitchen appears to be described as "laundry" on the plans? Are you going to be able to get certified with cooking facilities installed?

Ha ha, had me for a minute. ;)

I'm sure it will; I wasn't sure if Dave M was trying to insult you, either! :eek:

With regards to "hard to get approval", that sounds like a Council issue and I can't speak to your Council. I can't imagine that if double storey homes are allowed in the area, though, that it would be too difficult, but I'm no expert. Lifting a house is very specialist, and there are many...

You leave the roof intact. :) Queenslanders are no big deal to raise, but putting on a new roof is a significant job and expense. Also, life carries on as normal on the pre-existing level, pretty much, when you raise the Queenslander, but if you take the roof off, it would be a pretty...

You're cracking along, well done. :)

You've certainly put in a lot of work, well done. Are you a tradie, or had you done a lot of DIY before? I assume you have an owner-builder's licence. Did you subcontract out the plumbing work? If not, how did/will you get a form 4 for certification? You say you're near a creek. Do you...