Friday 6 April 2012

Thinking of a BIG MAN SHED!!!!

From an earlier post a friend "c" came with an excavator and among other things dug out a wider car space below the house. Now this has been awesome and is SOOOOOO COOOOL having extra car parking space. But the ultimate goal is to have a large 7m x 7m double garage.

I have had initial talks with the planners at council. Where the shed needs to go is deemed to be a low risk landslip zone, dispite "low risk" council demands a Geotechnical engineers report and signed declaration. This involves two holes drilled to a depth of 3 metres to do a soil profile. This report will also do an over all site plan for erosion and storm water management. This Report will cost $1500 plus gst!!!! I will also need to put up a retaining wall (an Engineered reataining wall). I haven't had a quote yet to draw up the plans for the retaining wall. The Slab for the shed will need to be an engineered floating slab with a possible 3m footing on the down hill side.  Electricity will be connected to shed also.

So a $6657 shed will probably end up costing $20000.

Yep thanks council no wonder so SOOOOO many people in The Shire of Yarra Ranges don't get planning approval for sheds n other works.........

Will keep you posted with progress and outcome.......

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