Hi there all 
I have an investment property in Brisbane, its a big house with 4 bedrooms,
study, 2 livings big kitchen, 2 car park etc and i want to divide the house
into 2 units to rent them out. I have enough space to split the house inside
to accommodate the 2 units 3 bed, 2 baths 1 car park each, without changing
the layout too much. Ill have to create a new kitchen, add 1 bathroom where
the laundry was for one of the units and another bathroom where the walk
inrobe was for the other unit.
but now i have the following questions.
Do i need council approval for the drainage and plumbing or for anything
else?
How do i go about the plumbing for each unit, do i need to split the system?
so one sewerage each or can i have both units using the already existing
sewerage and water system?
How i go about the hot water system do i need to install a new one for the
one that will not have?
Do i need a separate electrical system and switch board for each unit?
At the moment the house as it is is water efficient so the tenants pay the
water, so if i split the house in 2 units can i still have water efficient
units?
do i need anything else for each unit?
I dont want to split the land into 2 i just want to have 2 units in the same
piece of land , so in future if i want to sell it (that i dont think so) ill
have to sell the 2 units together in 1 title. i already check and the
property is located in a lot where i can have a duplex.
I would really appreciate is anyone can give me a hand understanding how to
go about these issue,s that would be greatly appreciated.
thank you very much for your help.
regards
andre
I have an investment property in Brisbane, its a big house with 4 bedrooms,
study, 2 livings big kitchen, 2 car park etc and i want to divide the house
into 2 units to rent them out. I have enough space to split the house inside
to accommodate the 2 units 3 bed, 2 baths 1 car park each, without changing
the layout too much. Ill have to create a new kitchen, add 1 bathroom where
the laundry was for one of the units and another bathroom where the walk
inrobe was for the other unit.
but now i have the following questions.
Do i need council approval for the drainage and plumbing or for anything
else?
How do i go about the plumbing for each unit, do i need to split the system?
so one sewerage each or can i have both units using the already existing
sewerage and water system?
How i go about the hot water system do i need to install a new one for the
one that will not have?
Do i need a separate electrical system and switch board for each unit?
At the moment the house as it is is water efficient so the tenants pay the
water, so if i split the house in 2 units can i still have water efficient
units?
do i need anything else for each unit?
I dont want to split the land into 2 i just want to have 2 units in the same
piece of land , so in future if i want to sell it (that i dont think so) ill
have to sell the 2 units together in 1 title. i already check and the
property is located in a lot where i can have a duplex.
I would really appreciate is anyone can give me a hand understanding how to
go about these issue,s that would be greatly appreciated.
thank you very much for your help.
regards
andre
