After figuring an extension to our small home will cost upwards of $150000, we are instead looking at putting a prefab cabin in our backyard which will be a music room/media room/somewhere for the kids to go hang out. There will be no bathroom, water etc. But it will have power.
We have a small house (93sqm) and a small section and our house accupies the maximum 35% site coverage. Because the cabin will be close to the boundary we will need to get consent. I understand for this we need to engage a surveyor and then a planner to submit plans to the council. As we are already having to do all this we thought we may as well go for a cabin larger than 10sqm more like 16sqm. I am guessing the surveying/planning/council fees will cost around $5000+. So what I’m wondering is are the council likely to just say no after forking our that cash, or is it just a formality? Is the site coverage rule one you can get around?
Anyone else have experience doing this sort of thing?
We have a small house (93sqm) and a small section and our house accupies the maximum 35% site coverage. Because the cabin will be close to the boundary we will need to get consent. I understand for this we need to engage a surveyor and then a planner to submit plans to the council. As we are already having to do all this we thought we may as well go for a cabin larger than 10sqm more like 16sqm. I am guessing the surveying/planning/council fees will cost around $5000+. So what I’m wondering is are the council likely to just say no after forking our that cash, or is it just a formality? Is the site coverage rule one you can get around?
Anyone else have experience doing this sort of thing?
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