Category Archives: Land & Site

WHAT’S INVOLVED IN BUILDING A NEW HOME IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA?
You may be reading this because you’ve found out that your building site is in a flood prone area, or ...
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WHAT IS A WIND RATING FOR MY NEW HOME SITE?
We’ve had many people say to us over the years that their site is very windy and they want to ...
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HOW DO I KNOW IF A PIECE OF LAND IS SUITABLE TO BUILD ON?
So you're wanting to build a new home - congrats! - but you're looking at land and wondering how you ...
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WHY WILL MY FOOTINGS COST EXTRA BECAUSE I’M NEAR TREES OR AN OLD HOUSE IS GETTING REMOVED?
No two building sites are the same - they always differ in some way or another. And because of this, ...
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT SEPTIC SYSTEM TYPES?
We've found that a lot of people's understanding of the different septic system types is murky to say the least, ...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF A TITLE PEG.
Your builder's jumping up and down about making sure all the title pegs (or boundary pegs) are in place before ...
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WHAT IS A SECTION 173 AGREEMENT?
It's a fairly common outcome for a council to ask for a section 173 agreement in a planning permit that's ...
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HELP! WHAT HAPPENS IF THERES A LOT OF ROCK ON MY BUILDING SITE?
You may be looking at buying a block of land or you already own it, and you want a new ...
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3 STEPS TO GETTING A GOOD SOLID GRAVEL DRIVEWAY UP TO YOUR NEW HOME
So what's the secret to getting a good gravel driveway into your new country property? Let's start from the beginning ...
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HOW BIG SHOULD MY WATER TANK BE?
Just before we start, we want to point out that we've written this blog specifically for situations where a water ...
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WHY DOES MY NEW HOUSE LOOK SMALL WHEN ITS PEGGED OUT?
Help! Why does my new house look small! So, your builder has just been and banged some pegs into your ...
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BUILDING ON A SLOPING BLOCK
How to determine the slope when building on a sloping block. Let’s be honest: perfectly flat land isn’t too common ...
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