In this article, we will learn about important points to consider before buying a house with a plan of building a granny flat later on.
Ramesh and Suresh bump into each other at Chatswood station in the evening and get into the new metro train line to the hills area. Ramesh was glad that he met Suresh today as he wanted to share that he has decided to buy a house with granny flats potential on it. To clarify, he is buying a house with some area in the backyard that he assumes can be utilized for building a granny flat in a year’s time so that it generates additional income and Ramesh can manage the cash flow and pay off his mortgage faster.
He makes a suggestion that now he has become more intelligent and Suresh should not consider himself over-smart as Ramesh has figured things out. He says next time he will buy Suresh 7/11 coffee. Suresh says “Hold on!!! You have used the word assume in the above paragraph”.
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He gives the following checklist to Ramesh to consider before buying a house that he assumes has a granny flat potential.
- Ask the real estate agent to provide you section 149 certificate or pay and order it via the council website.
- Take the front page of the contract, and book an appointment with Relevant Council Town Planner (Provide the details of the property address & title ref, etc at the time of booking the appointment) the town plan will advise you whether you will be able to build a granny or not, it is time-consuming so do this only on the property that you are keen on buying.
- Councils have setback requirements for building a granny flat, which means that a granny flat cannot be close to the existing house in front and you have to leave open space from the backyard to your back neighbor and the side neighbors.
- Corner lots have their own restrictions and plus points as you may or may not get side access door permission.
- Some suburbs have restrictions on granny flats and councils may charge additional penalties like 30k to build the granny.
- The granny may be get approved by a private CDC process but they may also adhere to council guidelines.
- There may be restrictions on the fire door or firewall access from the main dwelling to the granny.
- There may be a restriction that you cannot have the kitchen in the granny.
- Separate water and electricity meters may be allowed.
- Fencing and privacy concerns may have to be adhered to.
- You may need permission from your neighbors.
- Don’t assume that granny flat builders have time to come and look at each house that u are planning to buy. They have other work to do.
Ramesh says that he is just so lucky that he bumped into Suresh today.
There is a fair bit of work to be done on this project and Thanks him and gets off at the Kellyville station.
Thanks to Mohish Mukhi for providing some of the material for this article.
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