Consumer Building Guide NSW – Before Starting Work

Most residential building work requires approval before it can start. You can check if your work needs approval with your local council or other building professionals such as town planners or accredited private certifiers. You should do this before you enter into a contract and before any work commences on-site.

Some residential building work requires a development application (DA) to be lodged with your local council. Information on how to lodge a DA is available from your council’s website and customer service centre. Your council can also tell you if your proposal is permissible and what planning controls apply to your site.

Once you have development consent from the council,  you need to obtain a construction certificate before you can start your building work.

Once a DA is lodged, the council may notify your neighbours and advertise the DA in the local or regional newspaper. As a result, it is usually helpful to consult with your neighbours prior to lodging a DA. 

If your DA is approved, the council will issue a development consent, which is usually subject to conditions.

A construction certificate verifies that the plans and specifications are not inconsistent with the specifications: comply with the Building Code of Australia (BCA), are not inconsistent with the development consent, and comply with the relevant conditions of the development consent.

Reference-  NSW  Fair Trading viewed 15/2/12, image via google

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Como Building P/L, Michael Como provides in SYDNEY, an NSW Building Regulations Consultancy service that comprises, Interpretation of NSW legislation relevant to the construction of Class 1 and 10; Issuing: Complying Development Certificates (CDC), Construction Certificates (CC) [after a local council has approved a development], Occupation certificates (OC), Compliance Certificates, NCC Building Code Australia Reports. Engagement for the certification work is on a contract basis.

Also, a pre-purchase property inspection or building inspection by Michael Como may empower you with knowledge about the condition of a property currently or before you buy it and help you avoid future problems and unexpected costs. However, this service can only be conducted if the insurer is on-side, and currently, they are not and as a result, we do not conduct it.

Michael Como is Your Custom Home Builder in Sydney with over 46 years of construction experience, a Master Craftsman sharing innovative Restoration/renovation Ideas. Licensed since 1988. At this stage, I will only carry out building work at a contracted agreed hourly rate.

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