When I approached my local council about relocating an additional house onto my property, they outlined some requirements. They included a resource consent and a building consent. For the building consent, they further required a re-site report (to ensure that no old rubbish is brought in) and based on that report, they would specify some upgrades and take a $10K bond that would be returned when signed off within the set time frame. Talks with banks and brokers also established that they would need to see the resulting CCC before they would lend on the 'new' house.
However, I have since discovered (thanks to thsi forum) that the MBIE does not consider relocating a house to be 'building work'. Only associated new construction (e.g. foundations, drainage) is, and therefore only this new work requires a consent. I have found three determinations and a reference to a newsletter that state this). It therefore follows that the council cannot enforce its requirement for a re-site report, upgrades or a bond.
Being the stubborn and bolshy girl that I am, I do not want to pay for reports and the interest on the bond money if I don't have to. I would also want to do any upgrading at my pace, as and when the money is available, not theirs.
But I don't want to get them offside to the point that they make getting the resource consent or building consent for the foundations and drainage, difficult. I will also need to convince the bank that a CCC is not needed, when I want to refinance.
How should I proceed?
However, I have since discovered (thanks to thsi forum) that the MBIE does not consider relocating a house to be 'building work'. Only associated new construction (e.g. foundations, drainage) is, and therefore only this new work requires a consent. I have found three determinations and a reference to a newsletter that state this). It therefore follows that the council cannot enforce its requirement for a re-site report, upgrades or a bond.
Being the stubborn and bolshy girl that I am, I do not want to pay for reports and the interest on the bond money if I don't have to. I would also want to do any upgrading at my pace, as and when the money is available, not theirs.
But I don't want to get them offside to the point that they make getting the resource consent or building consent for the foundations and drainage, difficult. I will also need to convince the bank that a CCC is not needed, when I want to refinance.
How should I proceed?
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