Recommendation – good draftsman (Bayside area, VIC)

Hi Matt,

I'm not sure if you are aware of the process, but we do a lot of this sort of work and it goes something like this:

• Sort out, in your own mind, what it is you want.
• Make sure what you want to do can be done and does not contradict local or state planning.
• Communicate this in writing. Essentially a project brief. For example, three bedrooms, double garage, home office, north facing garden, or whatever else is important to you.
• Have someone put this into a simple concept drawing.
• Use this concept documentation to explain your proposal to the municipal planners (council).
• Take their feedback, refine your concepts and use these to generate a town planning submission.
• Apply for a town planning permit (TPP) to subdivide and develop the land.
• Assuming you are successful in obtaining your TPP, then generate working drawings for the builder to use.
• While the building is underway, formalise the subdivision.
• When your building is complete, the subdivision should also be complete.
• You now have two dwellings on two allotments.

Good luck with your project.

Hello CSQ,

Thanks for the thanks.

The issues of process, as you being a planner would understand, are often misunderstood by investors wanting to develop property. The process is not particularly difficult but it is quite complex and it's easy to miss bits that may become vitally important as a proposal progresses.

The dot points I set out in this thread are a simplified, shortened, "plain English" version of the process, but I believe that if you understand these basics, and give proper thought to forming a brief, then the project is more likely to meet your expectations.

G'day all.

I'm looking for a Draftsman in Bayside (Brighton), to assist with a lift installation. I assume the draftsman will know of a good engineer.

thanks,

Tony

ps

apologies in advance if I post twice. first try didn't seem to work (first time posting).