My first ever venture into this forum, with the biggest project of my quite long life just about to occur.
After 40 months of too-ing and Fro-ing, It looks like we've managed to gain an old laneway easement so we can build side by side houses at our family home of 25 years in a very central part of Coburg.
The Laneway definitely doesnt have a sewer underneath so that wont be an issue. We also are claiming a very thin strip of land... circa 10 centimeters at it's widest which tapers to zero on the north side of our property....All this is because over 100 years ago when this area was subdivided measures were not as accurate as today, and our surveyor said we should try and build to the border.
Two issues are worrying me, first I've chosen a major builder, so as to have only one person to deal with in the whole process. I dont mind paying a premium for that, as I'm not at all confident about getting various people to do exactly what I want, and would rather deal with one.... So is this a good course ?
Secondly, we have brand new neighbours, and they are suddenly going to be confronted with a major rebuild next door to them, a small claim on their land, even though it's been within our bounderies for over 100 years. Plus the Big one that is really worrying me and the main reason I posted. How do I get these young ladies to accept me building a major external brick wall right next to their weatherboard house... I mean right alongside it. I've been told I'm allowed to do this, and it isnt a problem from a building perspective... but how do I tell them and what issues are there in doing this... they lose the outside surface of the South Boundary of their house for ever. If I were a new home owner in my first house I would be horrified if I got that news in my first couple of months of moving in.
So I'm after some selling points for this bad news for these neighbours please.
Any comments on the whole of my project would be most welcome, as I am a total and not very confident novice. My main aim is to build us a very good family home, with basically no cost to us at the end via selling of the other house... they are 25 square 3 bed, two living area, with roof decks, with architect plans, awaiting costing, at our builders now.
After 40 months of too-ing and Fro-ing, It looks like we've managed to gain an old laneway easement so we can build side by side houses at our family home of 25 years in a very central part of Coburg.
The Laneway definitely doesnt have a sewer underneath so that wont be an issue. We also are claiming a very thin strip of land... circa 10 centimeters at it's widest which tapers to zero on the north side of our property....All this is because over 100 years ago when this area was subdivided measures were not as accurate as today, and our surveyor said we should try and build to the border.
Two issues are worrying me, first I've chosen a major builder, so as to have only one person to deal with in the whole process. I dont mind paying a premium for that, as I'm not at all confident about getting various people to do exactly what I want, and would rather deal with one.... So is this a good course ?
Secondly, we have brand new neighbours, and they are suddenly going to be confronted with a major rebuild next door to them, a small claim on their land, even though it's been within our bounderies for over 100 years. Plus the Big one that is really worrying me and the main reason I posted. How do I get these young ladies to accept me building a major external brick wall right next to their weatherboard house... I mean right alongside it. I've been told I'm allowed to do this, and it isnt a problem from a building perspective... but how do I tell them and what issues are there in doing this... they lose the outside surface of the South Boundary of their house for ever. If I were a new home owner in my first house I would be horrified if I got that news in my first couple of months of moving in.
So I'm after some selling points for this bad news for these neighbours please.
Any comments on the whole of my project would be most welcome, as I am a total and not very confident novice. My main aim is to build us a very good family home, with basically no cost to us at the end via selling of the other house... they are 25 square 3 bed, two living area, with roof decks, with architect plans, awaiting costing, at our builders now.
